[Asterisk-Users] UK install

[Storer, Darren]

Hi Tim,

TG> I am going to migrate from an Argent Office setup. My only problem
TG> is keeping costs down on the phones.

Why not use the Argent office as a channel bank? If you use a TE4XXP card
you could connect one E1 to NTL and one E1 to the Argent Office, thereby
allowing you to use your existing pots phones.

TG> Our Telco is NTL offering us an ISDN 30 style package. I assume this
TG> is a E100P card requirement? Any suggestions for good UK reseller or
TG> shall I get it direct from Digium?

You should check with NTL that the ISDN30 they are offering is full ETSI
EuroISDN (ISDN 110) and not the older ISDN 85 based product. If your circuit
is not full EuroISDN you will not be able to use it with Asterisk.

As for UK suppliers you should really ask in the biz mailing list otherwise
the users mailing list policemen will start patrolling! I can say that
there's no need to buy direct from Digium (and mess around with import duty
etc.) there are good resellers with local support here in the UK.

HTH

Darren
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Comgate
Telco>Internet<Broadcast

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Tim Guy
Sent: 18 June 2004 16:37
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] UK install


Well I'm slowly learning my way around asterisk although as yet I
haven't had the chance to actually hook the system up to an ISDN line.

I am going to migrate from an Argent Office setup. My only problem is
keeping costs down on the phones.

The Argent system is running about 30 POTS phones. Can someone suggest
the cheapest option? Should I get some kind of large scale FXS box or
would the cost of doing that on a large scale work out the same as
getting cheap SIP phones?

I have a large number of POTS phones with headsets so I would have to
take that into account if I replaced the phones with SIP's

In an ideal world Id like to convert a number of POTS to soft phones but
as always its persuading the users that they can operate in the same
way.

Our Telco is NTL offering us an ISDN 30 style package. I assume this is
a E100P card requirement? Any suggestions for good UK reseller or shall
I get it direct from Digium?

Anyhow, as I say I'm getting more functionality out of Asterisk than I
ever did with (personally thinking) a very confusing Argent setup. I
just hope that I can make it financially viable to do the install

Cheers

Tim

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