[Asterisk-Users] The Minimum Cost of Setting up an Asterisk Phone System?

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

On Thursday, Nov 6, 2003, at 17:32 Europe/Oslo, Stephen R. Besch wrote:

>
>> Here's a cost analysis, rather crude and inspecific, of using Asterisk
>> to implement a phone system. I'm really quite naive and new to all 
>> this,
>> so I'd appreciate any corrections, tips, pointers, etc, from those in
>> the community, who have far greater experience, knowledge, skill, etc.
>> than I. Am I forgetting something important? Am I way off in my
>> estimates?
>>
> For what it's worth, here's what we actually paid for our system:
>
>    1) CPU: Salvaged from spare parts, estimated cost to purchase:   
> $500
>          Asus A7V133, 900MHz, 256MB,60GB
>    2) Two Nics                                                         
>                          $50
>    3) Digium T100P                                                     
>                     $495
>    4) 20 GS Budgetone @$65                                             
>           $1300
>    5) Adtran TSU600 Channel Bank (e-bay + patience)                    
>  $99
>    6)  2 Dual FXO plugins for TSU  @$100  (used)                       
>   $200
>    7)   1 Dual FXS Plug in for TSU @$100   (used)                      
>    $100
>    8)  Asterisk and Linux                                              
>                        $0
>    9) APC Smart-UPS 700 (used)                                         
>             $60
>
>             Total:                                                     
>                            $2804        $140/Phone (including phones)
>                                                                        
>                                                  $75/phone (not 
> including phones)
>

er. what do you want the channel bank for, if running SIP phones? isn't 
it better then to go for isdn BRI with kapejod's hfc zap driver and his 
quad/octo cards or even capi with passive cards? that'll initially save 
you (495+200+100=) $795, and add another $200 for a couple of fritz 
cards (or so), effectivily driving the price down a bit to $2209. also 
- I beleive the PC price is a little high if you push it.

anyway - how does this compare to a typical commercial pbx?

roy