[Asterisk-Users] What do I need to build up DID services?

[Dorn Hetzel]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 12:16:24PM -0600, James Taylor wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 10:43:00 -0500, Dorn Hetzel  
> <asterisk-users at dorn.hetzel.org> wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 04:27:52PM +0800, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> >>Greg Hill wrote:
> >>
> >>I am looking for a small device with four FXO and one WAN connection.
> >>Simple, so that the cleaning woman can make a hardware reset if
> >>necessary. This device should be connnected to my Asterisk box. The box
> >>will be used in areas where DIDs are not available yet, and where you
> >>not even can make ads for it ;-(
> >>It should be cheap, and it should connect either with SIP or IAX.
> >>No FXS is needed !!!
> >>
> >I'm not sure, but I think your best price/performance solution
> >might be a very small linux system (1U or smaller) with one
> >Digium TDM400P+4*FXO daughtercards.  At least the the size
> >point of 4*FXO, this may turn out to be your winner.  If it
> >boots from flash, your cleaning lady can always apply power
> >cycle for anything you can't fix via ssh...
> >
> >By using this solution, you would also get the ongoing
> >bandwidth benefit of being able to trunk all 4 FXO calls
> >out in a single IAX frame.  This will save you money on
> >an on-going basis if your bandwidth costs are significant.
> >
> >Perhaps Soekris would be a good box for this solution,
> >but there may be even smaller devices with the needed
> >1*PCI interface, I don't know.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >-Dorn
> 
> A MAX 4096 will work. And they're cheap.
> I'm using the TNT's.
> Contact me  off list.
>

That seems kind of overkill to service 4 pots lines ...

-Dorn