[Asterisk-Users] Advice on starting out

[Steve Totaro]

yeah, sounds like you have done your homework very well.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey C Honig" <jch1 at honig.net>
To: "Asterisk Users" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Advice on starting out


> I'm looking to start playing with Asterisk as soon as I get some H/W.
> 
> I tele-commute from home and have three POTS lines, home, work and work
> FAX.
> 
> I'm looking at a setup that will have a couple high end phones (3-6) SIP
> phones, a couple medium SIP phones, a couple of inexpensive SIP phones
> and a couple of FXS ports for cordless phones (until 802.11 SIP phones
> become viable).  I'll probably drop down to two POTS lines and add an
> IAX(2) connection to a VoIP provider.  And I may want to add a
> doorphone.
> 
> I've spent hours perusing the Wiki and have been monitoring this list
> for a little while.
> 
> At first I was thinking of a TDM400Ps for ports.  But after the recent
> posts it looks like a better solution would be a pair of SPA-3000s
> (three if I want a door phone) and SPA-2000s for additional FXS ports.
> 
> For the medium and high-end phones, the Polycomm IP-500 and IP-600 look
> like a good balance of functionality and price.  There seem to be lots
> of options at the lower end (BudgeTone, Sipura).
> 
> Am I headed in the right direction here?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jeff
> 
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