[asterisk-users] HOWTO/FAQ question (Location: Sweden)

[zoachien]

Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> Sorry for this. This is most likely a HOWTO or FAQ question, but
> it's so much information and documentation to wade through so
> I hope someone could take a minute to answer anyway.
>
> If not, no worries. I'll get to it sooner or later :)
>
>
> I'm trying to understand what Asterisk actually is and the basic
> workings... I think I've understand what I need to get going,
> except one thing.
>
> How do I connect to a 'normal' (i.e. analog) telephone? That is,
> if my company/project have 100% IP telephony, but one of these
> phones need to call a analog telephone in another company (or
> if I need to call home for any reason :). What do I need from
> the 'phone company'? And what hardware?
>
>   
You need something to interconnect to your telco, this can be done on 
different ways:

- you can take a voip provider and not buy any hardware.
- you can use a TDM card and connect to a classic analog telephone line. 
(1 simultaneous call per port)
- you can use a BRI card and connect to a classic isdn line (You get 2 
lines per port this case)

If you need more capacity, (more than 2 simultaneous channels), just 
think PRI or PRA or E1 as one and the same thing. (30 simultaneous calls 
per port).

Zoa.

> This is Sweden with Telia as provider if that matters.
>
>
> DISCLAIMER1: I've read about BRI, PRI, E1/T1 etc, but the reason
>              I'm all confused is that they (Telia) don't seem to
>              understand the question, and also claims that a
>              PRI == E1.
> DISCLAIMER2: I've seen the Digium cards, but due to confusion with
>              Telia, I'm not sure if I want/need a Digital or an
>              Analog card... And 'how big'...
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Sign up now for AstriCon 2007!  September 25-28th.  http://www.astricon.net/ 
>
> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com--
>
> asterisk-users mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>