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size=2>You may be using less then ideal phones. With a Polycom 501, I can't see
you having voice quality issues, With a Sangoma or Digium card and a PRI the
quality and functions of a Asterisk system are on par with most PBX's (I'd say
they're above).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>It is a good solution for most companies, consider the ability to change
features and expand only limited by your abilities (or those of
consultants).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>For 200 people, you will probably need 40 channels, which will be
two T1's, so start looking for a dual T1 card ( again Digium and Sangoma make
excellent products).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Hope this helps, there are thousands of systems running in companies of
your size.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=011174014-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I
would recommend running two servers in a active/passive format and rsync them
every hour (to a different directory). If the server blows up and kills the
board you can easily switch over in a few seconds.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>It also makes upgrading easier,.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=011174014-09022006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Chad</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Nora
Lavelle<BR><B>Sent:</B> February 9, 2006 9:15 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs.
Traditional PBX<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hi everyone !<BR><BR>So here's my question of the day ! I
need to make a decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution or configure
an existing pbx (norstar) that my company has available. We are a small
startup. I'm wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 people, with
direct dial-in capability, up to about 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice
quality. Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about 15 people on it. We
have sipura 841 phones. The biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of
complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge (single processory system),
with a digium tdm400 card and 4 analog lines plugged into it.<BR><BR>So here are
my questions:<BR><BR>* Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or should I
just install the traditional pbx and look to move to asterisk in a couple of
years ? (I personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix person not a
phone person so from a manageability perspective i would love this )<BR><BR>* If
I were to go to an asterisk solution to support about 200 people with the
requirements above what hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm
guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium card? Also would a 1cpu
poweredge dell be enough ? or would that have to be upgraded too
? <BR><BR>If anyone is running an environment similar to this that can
provide help I would really appreciate this. I'm having a hard time making this
decision and would love to hear anybody's experience in a real time
environment.<BR><BR>Thanks again this list ROCKS!<BR>Nora
Lavelle<BR><BR><BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>