[Asterisk-Users] New Asterisk Implementation

[Andrew Latham]

> I've been planning to replace my aging CENTREX switch with a new PBX and am seriously
> considering Asterisk as my solution.

Great

> I work at a college, and we currently support just under 300 regular analog lines to
> the offices and whatnot.

Free help then....

> I was wondering..  Is asterisk ready for such a job?  Would I be making a mistake
> to deploy this across the campus at this time?

Asterisk is a solution, one of many, one of the "right solutions" group too....

> It seems that Asterisk is extremely powerful and I absoultly love the way it appears
> to integrate into almost any existing system, so it would be fantastic if I could
> deploy it successfully.

Yep
 
> I do understand that I would need to replace all of my existing telephones with VoIP-capable
> phones, and that I'll need to re-wire most of the campus telephone infrastructure (it's still
> all cat-3) -- these arent problems.

No you don't,   you can use channel banks and run back out to analog
and add some VOIP phones if you want.

> I just want to be sure that it's possible to do this, and that im not wasting my time.

No time wasting. This is a great fit for you. Stay away from some of
the Dell servers until you know that they work well. (interupt and
ACPI issues)

> Thanks for any insight provided!

> - Don Brearley
>   HCC Computer Services
> 
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