[Asterisk-Users] DID trunk suggestions for Asterisk

[Steve Underwood]

Hi,

Technically you can do it, but whether you can get that as a service 
depends on where you live. This may be what the original poster refered to.

Steve


harry gaillac wrote:

>hello,
>
>You can do DND over BRI !
>Harry
>
> --- Joe Cunningham <joe at cunninghamcentral.com> a
>écrit : 
>  
>
>>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?
>>
>>Cheers
>>Joe
>>    
>>