[asterisk-users] Connect many fax lines?

[Allen Casteran]

We have an application for Asterisk that will require connecting 144 fax 
ports into the system. Faxes will route externally over a PRI. The 144 
ports are for local fax machines within the building. Not all will be 
faxing simultaneously. We just need to be able to provide ports in the 
building to plug in lots of fax machines.

The plan is to run an Asterisk server for about 100 phones and these fax 
ports.

The big question is what's the best way to connect these fax ports to *?

1) We could use an 8-port T1 card and link 6 Rhino FXS channel banks.

2) We could put 6 MultiTech MultiVOIP FX-24 boxes on the * LAN.

3) or ???

Anyone do something like this before?
Any suggestions?

I personally like the simplcity of the MultiVOIP boxes, plus the fact 
that they don't require T1 ports.