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

[Sahil Gupta]

Why not look at getting a provider that can port your numbers to their 
network and buying the DID's off them over VoIP?

Regards,


Sahil Gupta
VoiceValley

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Ed Pastore wrote:

> 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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