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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is it practical to use Asterisk as the basis for a VOIP
provider service?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What I am saying is that we want to start a VOIP service
offering including possibly terminating/originating some of our own traffic at
some point as we grow.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>How many simultaneous end users (single line) should we
expect to service with say one Asterisk box with say 1 T1 for data, hardware would
be 2.4 ghz or so with a gig of ram. We would be using sip or Iax adapters
(which would be better bandwidth wise) if that helps.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Just trying to get an idea of what sort of resources we need
to get ourselves rolling.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lastly, this is allowed within the license of Asterisk
right?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Todd Routhier</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Lightwave Technologies, LLC.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>--</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Start Your Dialup Internet Service!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.YourOwnISP.com">http://www.YourOwnISP.com</a></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lightwave Technologies, LLC.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.LightWaveTech.com">http://www.LightWaveTech.com</a></span></font></p>
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