[Asterisk-Users] Multi-office topology suggestions

[Scott Laird]

On Oct 25, 2004, at 8:09 AM, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Shawn Dillon wrote:
>
>> The issue is this: How can I have a phone number in a city over 1000
>> miles connect to the Asterisk box in an economical way? I have only
>> tested the Asterisk box with a TDM11B and have no real experience with
>> T1's . Would they help in this situation?
>
> The simplest solution is to buy phone numbers in those "remote" cities 
> from a VOIP provider, rather than a PSTN provider. That provider can 
> then deliver the inbound calls to your Asterisk server using a pure IP 
> connection.

Another alternative would be to buy something like a Sipura 3000 for 
each branch office and use a local POTS line in each office.  The 
Sipura will then send incoming calls directly to the central Asterisk 
server.


Scott