[Asterisk-Users] Small PBX setup

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On November 29, 2004 06:19 pm, Gregory Junker wrote:
> I would use a 3-port FXO card (for the incoming lines) and a 4-port FXS
> card (for their existing phones) and just drop-in replace the old system
> with an Asterisk server.

With time spent (or a consultant) for setup you're approaching the $2000 price 
tag for the existing phone system repair...  *if* you can get the FXO modules 
to behave.  I haven't yet heard of a setup where the TDM400P FXO (or FXS for 
that matter) have *consistently* behaved without at least a monthly restart 
to clear up some weird problem.

For this reason alone I find it very hard to even consider a TDM400P card or 
two - I always suggest a channel bank (Adit600) and T100P, even if the 
density doesn't require it.  I'd love to recommend the TDM card, perhaps this 
email will be followed up with a lot of "it works perfectly fine for me, no 
need for restarts or module reloads, here is my config (motherboard and rev 
of TDM card)...  

-A.