[Asterisk-Users] Minimum budget question ...

[denon]

What'd this device set ya back? Have a url?

-d

At 11:45 PM 6/30/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>AudioCodes has one 24 port fxs sip interface, i have one 8 port fxs with 
>SIP up and running with *
>
>Michael Kane wrote:
>
>>The Cisco 242x (20 or 21), has a 24 port analog interface that supports 16
>>FXS and 8 FXO.  I've delpoyed hundreds of these IAD's signaling with MGCP.
>>Not sure if it supports SIP yet.  Hope this helps...
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>Michael Kane
>>To-Talk Communications LLC.
>>37 Sandusky Dr.
>>Wareham, Ma. 02571
>>508-295-2826
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Powell" 
>><andy at beagles-den.demon.co.uk>
>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 2:51 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Minimum budget question ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Tan,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the reply. I'll end up asking a load more questions now...
>>>
>>>What sort of prices are we talking about for the 24 port
>>>VoIP gateway?
>>>
>>>I assume that each port is individually addresable by *?
>>>
>>>As I recall the 24 port gateways tend to be terminated at the FXS side
>>>as some 'wierd' connector (wierd in that it's not rj45/11) do you just
>>>wire this to a patch panel?
>>>
>>>What codec is in use to get all 24 ports 'running' at the same time..G729?
>>>Does this cause problems since iirc * needs to run in console mode for
>>>the G729 codec to work properly
>>>
>>>Thanks for the info... interesting site too :D
>>>
>>>Andy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>>>
>>>On 30/06/2003 at 19:21 Tan Aks wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>We provide asterisk-based solutions to customers based in the uk. One of
>>>>our
>>>>customers (9 users) is trialling our low-end solution which comprises of
>>>>
>>a
>>
>>
>>>>box with 2 x X100P (analogue line) cards installed, and a voip carrier
>>>>
>>for
>>
>>
>>>>outgoing calls. This customer intends to have 13 extensions in his "live"
>>>>scenario. The way to use multiple analogue phones is:
>>>>
>>>>       1) get a T100P card and use a T1 channel bank sourced from the US
>>>>       2) use a couple of TDM400P cards to give 8 extensions, and use IP
>>>>phones for the other extensions
>>>>       3) use a voip gateway to provide up to 24 x analogue extensions
>>>>
>>per
>>
>>
>>>>IP address. VoIP gateways are commonly available and convert analogue
>>>>
>>lines
>>
>>
>>>>into a SIP/H323 VoIP stream.
>>>>
>>>>You can get an E1 terminated with an RJ45. If you have a coax
>>>>
>>termination
>>
>>
>>>>then you can use a balun to get rj45 connectivity.
>>>>
>>>>Hope that helps.
>>>>Tan (telappliant.com)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Powell" 
>>>><andy at beagles-den.demon.co.uk>
>>>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>>>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:26 PM
>>>>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Minimum budget question ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Tim,
>>>>
>>>>a good comprehensive answer to the question...certainly gave me a few
>>>>things
>>>>to think about. I do have a few questions though, since I'm in Europe.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone in Europe set up something equivalent to what Tim suggested?
>>>>
>>>>What sort of prices did it work out at?
>>>>
>>>>How did you solve the channel bank 'issue' in Europe?
>>>>
>>>>I keep reading that E1 lines are coax terminated, is this correct or do
>>>>
>>you
>>
>>
>>>>usually get a choice from your teleco?
>>>>
>>>>Were there any other issues to contend with?
>>>>
>>>>I'd certainly be interested in the experiences of anyone in Europe...
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 30/06/2003 at 10:55 tim.mcqueen at qualisys.biz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>If this is for commercial use, especially if you are going to be selling
>>>>>this solution, I would suggest that you don't even offer the choice of
>>>>>analog lines except in the smallest of offices.  Unless you like to
>>>>>spend a lot of unbillable time supporting them :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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