[Asterisk-Users] Port density: DS3 cards?

[Steve Dolloff]

I would be seriously wary of putting a DS3's worth of voice traffic on a
TNT.  I don't believe they are rated to handle that much voice.  The
APX1000 would be a much better platform, but I don't know if you can
find one used.

Stephen 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernest W. Lessenger [mailto:ernest at oacys.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:51 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Port density: DS3 cards?
> 
> At 02:34 PM 12/4/2003, you wrote:
> >However, considering the traffic volumes that you are talking about,
is
> it
> >really true to say that the traditional telco cards are
astronomically
> >priced, given the amount of revenue that can be generated per month
on a
> >DS3?
> 
> Eight quad-span T-1 cards from Digium: $8,970
> Three reasonable-quality asterisk servers: $1,000
> One T-1/DS-3 MUX: $5000
> 
> Total system cost: $14,970
> 
> That actually sounds quite reasonable to me. However, if I were doing
this
> myself I would look hard at getting a MAX TNT with VoIP capability off
> eBay. The price would be equivalent or less, the interface would be
more
> complicated, but all the DSP would be done by the MAX.
> 
> --Ernest
> 
> 
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