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<P>Mike,</P>
<P>You may want to talk to the engineers at Fonality. They may have some insight to your requeast.</P>
<P>Derrick Moennick<BR>
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<B>On Wed Mar 29 7:25 , Michael Welter <mike@telecommatters.net> sent:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #f5f5f5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Does anyone know of an Asterisk system with 1000 SIP phones? I'm being <BR>
asked to propose an alternative to Cisco/Avaya/Nortel pricing, but I've <BR>
never contemplated a system this large.<BR>
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Should I consider a SER front end (to register the phones and for <BR>
inter-company calling) with an Asterisk back end (to provide the PSTN <BR>
interface)? Or would an Asterisk system handle 1000 phones? Ignoring <BR>
conference bridges, how should the system be sized?<BR>
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Until now, I've ignored the Linux clustering discussions on the list. <BR>
Should I consider a monolithic server or a distributed system with each <BR>
server having ~250 phones and a PSTN interface?<BR>
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The real scary part of this project is the necessity to upgrade the <BR>
wiring (both Cat3 and Cat5) in a very old (lath and plaster) building. <BR>
I've observed two-prong (no ground) electrical plugs, so I'm thinking a <BR>
PoE phone with PC jack at each work location. Or maybe a NetJack at <BR>
each location.<BR>
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Thanks for your advice.<BR>
Mike<BR>
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Michael Welter<BR>
Telecom Matters Corp.<BR>
Denver, Colorado US<BR>
+1.303.414.4980<BR>
<A href="javascript:top.opencompose('mike@TelecomMatters.net','','','')">mike@TelecomMatters.net</A><BR>
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