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

[Matt Florell]

We ended up going with Zhone channelbanks because they are available
very cheaply and are very small. Just make sure you get the B version,
they are much easier to program than the A version. I must note that
Zhone channelbanks are not made anymore so you must buy them on the
secondary market.

Other than that, I have talked with people using rhino, adit and
carrier access with asterisk with no issues.

MATT---

On 2/17/06, Rich Adamson <radamson at routers.com> wrote:
> Matt,
>
> Whose channel banks did you end up going with?
>
>
> ------------------------
>
> > 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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