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

[Stephen R. Besch]

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:

>
> On Thursday, Nov 6, 2003, at 17:32 Europe/Oslo, Stephen R. Besch wrote:
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>>> 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)
>>
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> er. what do you want the channel bank for, if running SIP phones?

I didn't.  We were givne no choice by our University IT department.

> 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.

Well, we probably didn't really pay that much. It was just a 
conservative estimate.

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

It has all the features offered by a system that was quoted by BBS 
Telcom, and then some. The package offered by the University didn't come 
close. The phones looked nice though.

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> roy
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