[Asterisk-Users] FXS or VOIP

[Wiley Siler]

Or FXS... Whatever.  The point is port connect directly.  

No one spam me on this one...  8)

Cheers,
Wiley


 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Wiley
Siler
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:55 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FXS or VOIP

Think of it this way.  VoIP phones allow you to place a phone anywhere
that a network connection exists.
Your Asterisk box will be on the network and will be easily accessible.

FXO and analog phones require point to point termination.  
Phone to FXO.  Period.  What a pain!

VoIP phones are relatively cheap and look/work really nice. 

Just buy a 4 port FXO card from Digium and connect your 4 analog lines
to the * box.
Or you can even contact me off list if you want to buy my old one.  I
just moved to PRI.

Get a analog to SIP gateway (Sipura SPA-1001 for example) and connect
your fax into the system.

Just the ease of use alone is worth using VoIP phones.

A single computer can handle a HUGE amount of VoIP phones.
The phone connects to your network and "talks" to the asterisk server
over the network.
I have 20 phones on my network with no issue at all.  Others have many
many more.

Contact me off list if you want some newbie help.  I have done this a
couple of times and am more than willing to help out a first timer.

Cheers,
Wiley





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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jim Freeze
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:28 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FXS or VOIP

On 1/11/06, William Boehlke <william.boehlke at signate.com> wrote:
>
> You can save a little money with analog phones however if that saving 
> is not an issue business class VoIP phones from providers like Polycom

> and Cisco have more features and much of the time better call quality.

Thanks William for the response.
That is good news about the phone quality.

>From what I have read, I think the overall cost would still be cheaper
with a voip solution, even if the phones are more.

A 4 line FXS card is about $3-400 (I think). If I understand this
correctly, even if I have only 4 lines incoming, I need an FXS homerun
to each phone.
So for 5 phones, I would need 2 cards. And, the O'Reilly book says that
I should not put 2 cards in the same box, so I would need another
computer.

I was hoping a single computer could handle up to 10 voip phones. Am I
deluding myself?

Jim

> Hi
>
> I am setting up a phone system for a small office.
> The office will have 5-8 phones and a fax line.
> There are 4 hunt lines coming into the office.
> We have made no hardware purchase yet.
>
> Being an asterisk newbie, before I suscribed to this list I just 
> assumed that I would buy voip phones and connect all the phones to a 
> private ethernet network.
>
> However, I see many people inquiring about FXS cards.
>
> Is there any reason why I would need to consider using analog phones 
> and FXS cards? Seems to me the cheapest way is with voip phones and 
> voice quality should be good since the phones are on a private network

> that only has voice traffic.
--
Jim Freeze
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