[Asterisk-Users] Questions about VOIP phones

[Howard Lowndes]

On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 10:22, Martin Geldenhuys wrote:
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kobus
> Wolvaardt
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Questions about VOIP phones
> 
> hi,
> 
> > Is it sure, that you need on both offices * ???
> > Maybe you are cheaper to install * only at one site.
> > Maybe you add a 1-800 number instead of both sides PSTN
> 
> I dont know what 1-800 means or if we have an equivalent in South Africa,  
> but we have gov protected telecom monopoly (makes most options expensive).
> 
> 
> > I would try to avoid to use any plain phones at all, since you limit for  
> > these phones some functions. While it is cheaper I would try to avoid  
> > it. It might be interesting to use 2 to 4 FXS to use them into an old  
> > PBX, till this PBX faces out.
> 
> No old PBX, I'm setting it up from scratch, which is nice. Unfortunately I  
> know nothing of these things and will have to learn really fast.
> 
> 
> >
> > I believe you only need one * and just a gateway at the other place.
> >
> I need phone lines at both offices and PBX at both offices.
> 
> Also: We dont have a static IP (Broadband in SA sucks! 512k capped to 3  
> gig with dynamic IP) will that be a problem hooking the two offices up?  
> How much voices can be carried on 512k (assuming it always runs at 512k)
> 
Gee that sucks.  I thought we were badly of in AU.  As for dyn IP you
can use dyndns.com or dyndns.org as your name servers to overcome that
problem.

You don't say whether it is 512/512 or 512/128.  I get good performance
on the first but only moderate performance on the latter.

> Have the same problem and living in south Africa jhb, you can get a static
> dns name for free to link the two ser4vers.
> 
> 
> I assume the hookup if two *'s are used will be with AIX.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kobus
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