[Asterisk-Users] Re: 12.50$ per port ???

[Matt Klein]

Shoval,
    Interesting Mention. I agree, most people don't have CO exp. And I 
wish daily I had enough.

Understand that what I mean by my e-mail is consumer side FXS ports, in 
broader terms, I mean, customer picks up a phone line, it signals a 
channel bank which signals *. 24 of those channels.

Not channels equipped to Send Signal to the CO that a loop has been made.. 
meaning FXO.

24 FXS, $100. I don't deal with FXO since I deal w/ PRI.. and do not need 
FXO ports.

My thought here was related to downstream customers.. which in the this 
world implies FXS.

Talk was mentioned for DSPs.. Echo Can and Codec Management, this 
interests me because of the unique hardware requirements of the 4 port 
cards.. mainly in interrupts and CPU usage. Fit 10 cards to one system, 
that's 40 ports.. fit double density, that's 80.. this interests me on the 
cPCI platform. Others know what I think about this and why.


Beyodn that, my point here is 1) Buy a T400P for $800 and 2) Buy 4 Carrier
Access Channel Banks for $100 and 3) You'll have a 96 Downstream Port
solution for $1200, meaning $12.50 a Port NRC.

If you can find a cheaper *OR* easier solution, let me know. Because it'll 
save me money and you'll be my friend. ;)

As for FXO, my best solution was Mainstreet Newbridge 3624s from Ebay for
about $150-$300 a box w/ 12 port FXOs a while back. Then I moved to PRI
for the capability of setting Caller ID easily (e&m was a pain in the..).

wherd

-Matt


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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Shoval Tomer wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Klein [mailto:mklein at nmedia.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:19 AM
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Cc: markster at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Ethernet Channel Bank idea
> > 
> > Ethernet Channel Bank
> > 
> > Hmm.
> > 
> > Caught my attention for more than 34 hours, you win.
> > 
> > I'm getting 24 port carrier access channel banks for $100, Digium 4
> Port
> > Cards for about $800 (T400P) a card.. Meaning a blended cost of
> ~$12.50
> > per channel NRC. I can mux up 96 channels for a cost of $12.50 per
> channel
> > all day long. And easily sell it at $25 to cover the cost of the box
> per
> > port, T-1 channel per port, and channel bank per port non recurring
> costs.
> > 
> 
> Matt,
> 
> A 24 port channel bank for $100 ???
> Where? 
> If you can get one that's working and has 8 FXO ports and 16 FXS ports,
> and is one of the brands that work well with * (support all or most
> features) for $100, I'll buy it from you for $200.
> 
> Now, as to why we're interested in an Ethernet channel bank, you should
> keep in mind that some of the people on the list have no telco
> experience.
> And that's fine by me (especially since I'm one of them).
> You can manage a Cisco call manager, and other VOIP systems that
> originated from the IP side of the VOIP world without being a telco
> expert.
> 
> VOIP systems that originated from the VO side, like ones from Panasonic,
> LG, etc. are cryptic at best to us non telco guys.
> 
> We don't have the experience and knowledge necessary to setup channel
> banks (it's not like they have 24 RJ45 ports on them, right?)
> 
> An Ethernet channel bank will probably be much easier for us to set up.
> 
> I can understand and respect telco guys, who've setup channel banks for
> TDM PBXs for years not being afraid to try and hook it up with *.
> 
> Me? I'm scared as hell
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Shoval Tomer,
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> SofTov Advanced Systems, Ltd.
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