[Asterisk-Users] newbie questions

[Chris Wade]

janvb at caselaboratories.com wrote:
> hi,
> 
>> My second question: for a branch office of about 20 people, which E1
>> card do you advise? Would the TE210P be a good choice? (number of
>> concurrent calls would be max 10 for now) Why?
>>  
>>
> An E1 has 30 lines, so you would be perfect with a TE110P. Connecting an 
> E1 to a company PABX is however an expensiveoption, so you might want to 
> compare the prices with 10 analogue lines or maybe 5 BRI lines. I would 
> not  let the price of hardware decide this because  you  will need to 
> pay a fixed cost per month for PSTN lines, so check these prices first. 
> Asterisk is scalable in the sence that you can add more later if you 
> have an available PCI slot.

Even though they don't appear to be shipping yet, don't forget the 
TDM2400P's from Digium.  Up to 24 FXO or FXS ports per full length PCI card.

-- 
Christopher L. Wade, CCNA, CCDA, CQS-CIPCES, CQS-CWLSS