[Asterisk-Users] Systems Admin; Telecom Newbie - What do I need?

[William Boehlke]

$20,000 including phones will cover a fully redundent system with dual
servers, each capable of carrying your call load. Half of that is for fifty
business class hard phones. 
 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ed Pastore
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Systems Admin; Telecom Newbie - What do I
need?

Thanks for all the great replies. I guess I over-asked my question (since so
many kept popping up).

For now, what I really need to determine is what I need to budget for a full
implementation. Unfortunately, I don't have time now to do testing and
analysis... I just need to get my budget submitted. So I'm trying to figure
out what all I'll need to buy and budget for.  
Obviously this is pretty hard, since I understand so little about telecom.

So that said... Can anyone help me in determining what all I will need? The
only thing I really need is one ballpark figure for a grand total cash
outlay. However, it it is too low, I may be hosed. If it is too big, the
project may be cut out of the budget. So I'd like to get within, say $5K of
the actual expected cost.

The items I had identified in my original post were:
- A server, running Debian Linux or OS X (our preferred operating systems
here)
- A good network. We're on switched 100 Base-T, but will move to gigabit
next year.
- A T1 or some dedicated channels of a T1
- Gateway PCI cards or devices (in the case of OS X, only devices I
guess)
- VOIP phones or phone software (I'd like to use software and USB
handsets)

Are there more things I need? Or does someone have a rough estimate of what
it costs to implement an Asterisk system in a small business?  
We have about 50 users and currently have something like 20 POTS lines
coming into our PBX.

Thanks again.
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