[Asterisk-Users] DID trunk suggestions for Asterisk

[Steve Underwood]

Hi Joe,

In hardware terms a TDM400P does what you need. I don't know if anyone 
has implemented the software support for using it in this way, though.

Regards,
Steve


Joe Cunningham wrote:

>
> I have a client that has 4 analog DID trunks which are wink start 
> lines and are the incoming lines.  Each  trunk line has 20 DIDs 
> assigned.  We are in the process of migrating them off their current 
> system to Asterisk.   We need a way to get these DID trunks into 
> Asterisk so we get the DID information to route the calls.  While the 
> DID setup self  is not the issue.  The issue is I am looking for an 
> inexpensive way to get these trunks directly into the Asterisk box.  
> Since they are analog DID we need to supply the voltage to the CO.  I 
> have looked at using something like a BrookTrout card but these are 
> costly.   Also looked using something like the DID-200 to convert the 
> DID trunk to loop-start again these have a high cost.  I also 
> considered having the client order and switch to PRI and all the 
> advantages this brings however I think this might be overkill for this 
> client. Not sure of the month costs with this I was thinking depending 
> on the term this may run about $500 per month.  I also thought about 
> BRI but searching  Google and such first it looks like you can't do 
> DID over BRI.
> So I guess my question is based on the above have I missed something 
> and is there any inexpesive way to bring these DID trunks right into 
> Asterisk keeping the current analog DID trunks?  If so what hardware 
> is required?