I tend to stay away from the Grandstream phones for business use because they simply break to easily. I would suggest using Snom phones like the Snom 300 for around $99.<br><br>2 Asterisk boxes in different locations? Sure, you can do that and its quite easily.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ken Williams</b> <<a href="mailto:ken@intermountainelectronics.com">ken@intermountainelectronics.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks everyone for the input. After pricing everything we need out,<br>it's not worth trying to get our old system to work, so I've pitched<br>ditching everything and starting over. I'm very excited and hoping<br>they'll go for it.
<br><br>Regardless, I'm going to throw a box together for my house, we have no<br>home phone (just cell phones) so this'll be a great way of testing.<br><br>All that being said, any comments on the Grandstorm phones? I've
<br>ordered the GS-101 for my house, and I'm seeing the GXP-2000 is VERY<br>inexpensive for a business solution. I see it has room for 4 lines with<br>7 programmable buttons. I assume I can put a few more lines on the<br>
programmable buttons (we have 6 lines at our main location).<br><br>One last newbie question, I assume if I have an Asterisk PBX at 2<br>locations in different states, I'll be able to transfer a call that<br>comes into location1 to a user at location2.
<br><br>Thanks again for the quick responses & help.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">
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<br><br>Ken<br><br>If these are older comdials then they are just analog phones with "extra<br>signaling". The extra signaling could be on the main twisted pair<br>(likely) or on the next twisted pair as data (9600 baud modem) like some
<br>of the nortels do. Always remember that it would cost the companies a<br>ton to make every system totally closed....<br><br>That being said, the entry price for IP phones or ADSI phones can be<br>much lower than you think. Find a good consultant in your area, get an
<br>ATA, a TDM card, and an Aastra/SNOM/Polycom/Granstream to play with.<br>You can order the Aastra phones from your local electrical supply<br>company (the place with a long counter and lots of electricians drinking<br>
coffee ordering their parts.).<br><br><br>Andrew<br><br>On 10/31/06, Ken Williams <<a href="mailto:ken@intermountainelectronics.com">ken@intermountainelectronics.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>> I knew I should've waited til tomorrow to send the e-mail so I could
<br>> have a nights thought on the subject.<br>><br>> That being said, scratch the FXO/FXS thing, what I really picture is<br>> someway of passing proprietary information through the Asterisk PBX's<br>> on both ends to get remote locations on our phone system through a
<br>> VOIP connection. That<br>> is:<br>><br>> Comdial Phone -> Comdial System -> Asterisk PBX (FXO?) -> Internet -><br>> Asterisk PBX (FXO?) -> Comdial Phone<br>><br>> I realize this isn't likely an option, but before I try pitching new
<br>> hardware for everything, thought I'd see if a cheaters option was<br>available.<br>><br>><br>> Thanks for any help.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by
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