[Asterisk-Users] Info on UK ISDN30e?

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Gavin Hamill wrote:

>Hi :)
>
>My employer is looking to move a call centre to a new office, and has
>been increasingly frustrated with their legacy PBX (call-logging
>licensing and hardware upgrade costs).  So I've stepped forth as the
>Open Source Pedant and suggested Asterisk so we can do all our own
>CallerID / call logging / analyses, and make use of IP Phones /
>teleworking, etc.
>
>The problem begins in that I only have a very loose grasp of the telco
>world.  Has anyone used ISDN30e in the UK with the Digium E1 cards? What
>options are there to stick on a couple of ISDN2's on top of that should
>we require some 'backup lines'.
>
>Do BT terminate the ISDN30e in a format that I can literally just plug
>into the Digium cards, or will I need some kind of adapter (whether
>electronics or even just a simple socket/plug changer)?
>
>I'm trying to gather some tangibility for the project - I see the first
>mailing list post in November 1999... when did the project start, and
>when was it first usable as a simple PBX?
>
>Finally, are my options for handsets limited to IP phones via Ethernet,
>or analogue phones via a channel bank (and then to another Digium E1/T1
>card), or is there the possibilty to re-use proprietary handsets from a
>previous PBX?
>
>Cheers,
>Gavin.
>
>  
>

AFAIK ISDN30 is the right thing.. BT will provide an RJ45 port for you 
to connect the Digium card to.. As for the ISDN2's I don't know if its a 
good idea, especially since the 2 and 4 port BRI cards are very expensive..

Can't help you on the handset question..

Later..