[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware - Channelbank vs SIP etc

[denon]

At 06:44 PM 6/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:42:57AM -0500, denon wrote:
> > We're doing a new * installation at a remote office soon, and I was just
> > curious what people's opinions were on hardware these days .. I've had
> > decent luck with T100Ps and Adtran, but I know times change ..
> >
> > I'm looking to do roughly 15 handsets and 15 pstn, with some room to
> > grow.  I had planned on two T100Ps and two adtran 750s, one for handsets,
> > one for pstn.
>
>You might check the pricing on getting your 15 lines delivered on
>T1/PRI.  It may be the same price or even cheaper.  And you save one
>channel bank and the associated complexities.
>
>It also only take 2 pair; which can be important in some neighborhoods.
>
><flashbacks of taking out an entire CO the first night we brought up our
>  new PoP with 300 POTS dail-up lines.  The telco thanked us when we put
>  in Cisco AS5200s instead of our Lucent PM2es. >


Yep, that's the ideal way, but unfortunately, PRIs are horribly expensive 
at the offices I've been looking at, so I'm stuck with analog.

-d



> > I'm thinking of going SIP on the other side, though.  I've
> > been looking at the Grandstream budgetone phones, as well as their
> > "handytone".  Anyone have anything good or bad to say on these?  Cisco is
> > out of that office's budget, I'm afraid. We're replacing a cheapo key
> > system there, so it's all about the benjamins.. :\
> >
> > I was also looking at:
> > http://clipcomm.co.kr/eng/e_product/e_product_voip_analoggateway_4.html
> > (rumored to be D-Link's OEM?)
> > and
> > http://www.yoda.com.tw/SOLUTIONS/vg422r.htm
> >
> > Any thoughts on these?
> >
> > Has anyone had good luck with other low-cost channels banks? (noo, not
> > Zhone.. :)
> >
> > Any tips are appreciated, you can catch me here or on irc as always ..
> >
> > -d
> >
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>Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
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