[Asterisk-Users] T1 DSU's/Split for voice

[Paul]

Damon Estep wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
>>bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul
>>Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:48 AM
>>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] T1 DSU's/Split for voice
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>>gw at adcomcorp.com wrote:
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>>>Hello All,
>>>I was wondering if I could do the following on asterisk...
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>>>Get a T1 between 2 locations, and split it into a data channel of
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>>>1024, and use the rest for voice channels.
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>>>Has anyone done this and had it working well?  Or would I need to get
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>>>csu that allows a split into two interfaces?
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>>>Regards,
>>>Greg
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>>On a point-to-point t you will need hardware to split channels at both
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>>Since you posted to this list I assume that * is used at least on one
>>end of the t1. If you use good routers that can prioritize voip
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>traffic
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>>then all you need is ata's and/or ip phones at the other end. That
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>>you more data bandwidth when the phones are not in use. Segregating
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>n/24
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>>of your t is not so flexible.
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>That would be one way to do it, but both the Digium cards and the
>sangoma cards can be configured to route some of the 24 timeslots on a
>T1 to voice and some to data.
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That means having a pc with one of those cards at each end and knowing 
how to also config it as a router. I get standalone adtran t-1 routers 
for about $650 in qty 1.