[Asterisk-Users] Caller ID Info from Cisco router to Asterisk

[Nick Bachmann]

Tony Kava wrote:

>Dear Asterisk Gurus:
>
>Our county is finally ready to begin implementing IP telephony.  We intend
>to use a Cisco router as our PSTN gateway and Asterisk as our soft switch.
>The plan is to use SIP between the Cisco router and Asterisk.  We will have
>a single PRI T1 connected to the Cisco router for PSTN access.  My question
>is this:
>

Can I ask, why do you want to use a Cisco router for only 1 PRI, which 
Asterisk can easily handle with a Digium card?  The Ciscos (at least the 
AS5300s) are much more expensive than a ~$500 card.  If you start having 
DS3s of data, I could start to see a Cisco argument :-)...

Nick