<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Phillip,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You proposed hardware config is substantially larger than the environment should require. You could service the number of users that you mention with less than half that hardware. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you are going to go via a SIP carrier, make your choice on the basis of your provider's route performance to and from the servers of the proposed ITSP. You can use something like mtr to take a closer look at this. Believe me when I tell you that you are better off paying twice as much for a carrier with clean routes to your customer. Look for sub 120ms latency and low/no packet loss. 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margin-left: 0px; ">#1 - I was looking at a 2.8ghz 1GB dell server for this project.. Does that</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">seem reasonable?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It's only gonna be used for Asterisk - if this is not a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">good choice then can you recommend a server that I can get just as quickly</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">as the dell?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">#2 - I was looking at using a VOIP provider for inbound and outbound.. is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">that preferred over having the calls come in and out via pots connected to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the server via a FXO card?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I worry about the dependability of a VOIP</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">provider.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I have been looking at voipstreet or vitelity to provide the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">inbound/outbound service..</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks in adv!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">asterisk-biz mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>