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

[Ling C. Ho]

Steven Critchfield wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 15:03, Steve Murphy wrote:
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>>Everyone--
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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?
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>>The Minimum Cost of setting up an Asterisk Phone system:
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>>Fundamental Building Blocks: 
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>>1. No more phones serviced than one computer can handle.
>>2. Computer = self-built or whatever, approx. $500 
>>3. OS = Linux. $0
>>4. Phones.
>>   Cheap Touch-tone phones: $30 each (Estimate at what I can get
>>     at Walmart, quantity one purchases. No digital readout, no
>>     programmable features. 
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>I originally picked up this AT&T 957 phone at Office Max for $30.
>Currently the links from froogle show many people offering it for around
>$30, and one for $20. (http://tinyurl.com/twyi) Speaker phone, CallerID,
>callerid memory, and directory dialing. 
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We have quite a handful of AT&T 960 at work. Those phones generate a lot 
of background hissing noise.
Bought them about 3 years ago. Not sure if the newer ones are better.

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ling

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