[asterisk-users] Looking at Asterisk for 8000sq/ft residential use

[Doug]

At 16:13 12/28/2009, Rick Huebner wrote:
 >My brother-in-law is finishing up his McMansion and I've done all of the
 >low voltage wiring and am starting the trimout.  We are batting around
 >what to do for a phone system and I'm torn between a Panasonic
 >TAW824/TVA50 and using an Asterisk implementation.  I'm very strong on
 >the networking/linux/basic hacking(old school, not criminal) side.  I've
 >downloaded the Asterisk VM and have some implentation questions before
 >we make a decision.  Of course we are running out of time because I need
 >to order either RJ-11 or RJ-45 keystones for the plates to finish the
 >trim out.  We have Cat5e run everywhere so that won't be a limiting factor.

It won't be too long before we start kicking
ourselves because we didn't string 10 gbit
fiber in our new construction.


 >Basic info:
 >8000sq/ft under air, 11,000sq/ft under the roof
 >17 phone handset outlets
 >15 phone jacks for potential use behind TVs
 >2 fax lines
 >1 alarm line
 >3 voice POTS lines
 >1 fax POTS line

How many phones do you think you will have?

How many simultaneous calls?

FAX, alarm, modem, credit card, postage meter,
usually need to be "hard" (POTS) lines.  The
rest can be VOIP.


 >Pentium 4 old Dell with 1gig RAM to use with Asterisk if selected

New hardware is so cheap, it might be safer
to buy new rather than wondering if the problem
is hardware.


 >Requirements
 >1. Page over all handsets in intercom mode.  They have kids and want to
 >be able to "yell" over the phone if needed to find someone.
 >2. Easily call from room to room.  Speed dial buttons would be ideal.
 >3. Multiple voice line support for the office phones.
 >4. Unique ring tones on the phones for internal calls versus external so
 >you can tell by listening if it is inside or outside.
 >5. If possible, unique ring tones for the various external lines in the
 >offices.

PBX in a Flash is the simplest Asterisk to
set up:

   http://PBXinaFlash.net/


The Polycom 601 will let you know the status
of 6 other phones, more with the "sidecar":

   http://images.google.com/images?q=Polycom+601

Have set up lots of these systems.  You'll like
it a lot.


 >
 >Looking for any suggestions as I need to get the keystones ordered ASAP.
 >
 >Thanks
 >Rick