[Asterisk-Users] Re: New PBX Help

[Chris Shaw]

>That being said, if your old system was set up 'square', meaning you had
>line appearances on your phones and keys that represented features etc.,
>Asterisk may not be the best choice from a user perspective or a cost
>perspective.

I must disagree with you there... ADSI Phones such as those from Sayson have
that proprietary PBX look and feelT without the cost. They also have buttons
that can be programmed with features like DND, Transfer, etc etc etc... The
downside here is that they are analog and so unless you're only going to use
a handful (read less than 12) you'll need a T100P which is about $500 and a
channel bank with some FXS cards... the whole package gets kinda spendy.
Phones are about $100 each and the channel bank is upwards of $500... the
FXS cards are also about $100+ each... but it can act and work as a
traditional PBX system... Actually with the extension logic, WAY WAY
better...

When you're getting into Channel Banks, FXS vs FXO, loops, echo problems,
RX/TX Gain, etc etc.... and you don't know much about telecom.... this
really might not be for you... Even installing a small PBX can be a
challenge...

:/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Kawakami" <jkkawakami at optellabs.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:43 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: New PBX Help


>
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:34:42 -0400
> > From: Mike Wagner <mike at woco-k12.org>
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help
> > Reply-To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > We recently had an old office building burn down.  The office housed
> > maybe 20-30 people.  Only about 10 or so of those had their own
> > extensions.   We had a standard pbx from an area communications company,
> > and I'm not quite sure about what kind of phone lines were there, I only
> > know that their were actually 3 phone numbers, but everyone could get an
> > outside line if they needed to.
> >
> > We're looking at moving to a new building, and I would like to use
> > Asterisk, because I feel it would be cheaper than purchasing a pbx.  Is
> > there any reccomendations as to how I might set this up???   Keep in
> > mind that I know next to nothing about pbx's and phone systems.
>
> Asterisk is a great low cost solution to small office telephone
> communictions if you are interested in doing something different or
special
> for your phones.
>
> After 10+ years in the telecom world this really is the first system that
> could be called the last phone system you will ever need to buy.  I would
> never put anything but Asterisk in any business that I had control of.
>
> That being said, if your old system was set up 'square', meaning you had
> line appearances on your phones and keys that represented features etc.,
> Asterisk may not be the best choice from a user perspective or a cost
> perspective.  Small KSU's like panasonic or comdial are inexpensive enough
> to buy and get the feature set you need for about the same cost of
> server/digium hardware.  Then there is the installation and maintenance of
> the new system.  you state that you know nothing about phone systems, what
> about Linux? do you want to keep it that way?  If so, Asterisk probably
> isn't the best choice for you.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Jason Kawakami
>
> Optellabs
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Mike Wagner
> > MCCESC
>
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