[Asterisk-Users] Aasterisk large-scale deployment w/analog phones

[Rich Adamson]

Matt,

Whose channel banks did you end up going with?


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> Hello,
> 
> We had over 100 ATA adapters in production 3 years ago. Now we have
> less than 20. They use more power overall than Channelbanks, they are
> not designed to be used 12-16 hours a day every day. You must
> configure and test every one. They do not last as long as
> channelbanks.
> 
> Using Channelbanks has saved us time and cost in fixing/replacing
> equipment, We have not had to replace a single one of the ten
> channelbanks we've had in place for the last 18 months. In the first
> year of ATA usage, we had to replace 20% of our ATAs(overheating,
> random dying, coffee, soda, other abuse).
> 
> As for initial purchase cost, ATA adapters are actually slightly
> cheaper per port than channelbanks(if buying new).
> 
> MATT---
> 
> 
> On 2/15/06, Dovid Bender <asteriskdigium at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I may be missing something here but why wouldnt ATA's
> > work ? (other than cost).
> > --- maka <icokan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > I am planning a fairly large hotel VoIP system,
> > > using analog phones. It will
> > > consist of about 100 analog phones, that must have
> > > access to a VoIP server.
> > > I am considering an option to use a couple of
> > > asterisk boxes, bundled with a
> > > total of four TDM2460E cards, and one TDM2451E card.
> > >
> > > Has anyone on this list done something similar? It
> > > would be great to hear
> > > some comments regarding a smilar setuyp/planning -
> > > Do you think is it better
> > > to distribute resources among multiple (more than
> > > two), lower-port-density
> > > asterisk servers? Or is it better to use a
> > > channelbank for that purpose?
> > >
> > > Cheers
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