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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thanks for the suggestions
Scott. I’ll post what I wrote to someone who personally asked me my goals
and what not.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>It’ll give anyone
wondering a better idea of what I’m looking to do..</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“A
couple of main goals I have are to get all of our branch offices on the same
system so it’s easier to manage, I see asterisk as a good way to do this.
I also would like everyone to be on the same voicemail system(currently using callpilot,
I don’t know if this could still be used with the branch offices going to
asterisk but it would be nice). Basically what I’m looking at right now
is to have someone at a branch office have an IP phone that connects over our
frame relay network to our main office, then the asterisk uses the 11c to
connect out to the PSTN. My expectations are what I stated before along with
anyone being able to call anyone else in the company via extension numbers, as
well as check voicemail anywhere in the company, and of course manage all
phones from a central location.”</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Also to answer your
questions our branch offices are on the same IP network via T1 frame relays
which some will be increasing to 2 T1s</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>with multi-link pretty soon.
I didn’t think about 911 incase one of our IP circuits went down, I think
I would go with your suggestion</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>of just a single POTS line
and analog telephone at each office specific for 911. Also what I’m
looking for right now is a direction to go</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>in with the meridian system
on what I’ll need to do. Such as, what equipment(if any) will I need to
add to the 11C? What will I need to do</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>to the 11C(commands, adding
routes, etc.) to have the asterisk use it? What cards(assuming one of the digium
digital cards) will I need for the asterisk? I read somewhere that one asterisk
server will only support 255 devices. My 11C currently has about 500, I’m
guessing it won’t matter since its on a different PBX system, but will
it? I also had some questions above in my quote about voicemail and my current callpilot
setup if anyone could enlighten me. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thanks again for everything,
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Daniel</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> Scott Lykens wrote:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>FWIW, I have an Option 11C tied to an Asterisk
system and it works</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>pretty well using PRI. I then use Nortel's ITG to
talk to a remote</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>location that I will be converting to Asterisk soon.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>How do you plan to have the remote locations tied
into the central</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>location? T1? DSL/Cable modem? In your area
you might want to get an</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>internet T1 from Time Warner Telecom and then use
cable modems at each</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>of your remotes. Ignore this if you've got a good IP
network already,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>just making suggestions so that you don't have a
voice quality</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>problem.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Another issue you'll want to make sure of is that your
remote</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>locations have access to 911. Being a medical
services provider this</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>is always a good idea and would necessitate either a
single phone in</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>the office tied to a POTS line with stickers on
every phone explaining</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>or a seperate Asterisk server at each location with
a single POTS line</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>in it and contexts to intercept 911 and send it
locally. By placing a</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>server with a POTS line (or even BRI if you like) at
each location you</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>will also provide a backup route into the facility
in the event you</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>have IP trouble and could give you bandwidth
efficiencies by using IAX</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>trunking, assuming the potential exists for more
than one call</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>simultaneously from one location to another.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>On </span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Tue,
25 Jan 2005</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>10:51:45</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
-0500, Daniel Grizzard</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><dgrizzard@floridaortho.com>
wrote:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> Anyone useing a
asterisk in this situation: have a main office with a</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> Meridian Option 11C and
6 satellite</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> offices running norstars,
would like to install an asterisk at the main</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> office(not to replace
the main</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> office option 11C) but
to use the meridian at the main office as its PSTN</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> and have all of our
sat. offices</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> as ip phones only and
get rid of the norstar systems..any one doing this of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> have any information? </span></font></p>
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