[Asterisk-Users] School design question

[Chris Hobbs]

My school district will be building a new elementary school in 2006. We 
were about to go to bid with a traditional intercom system for the 
campus but I would like implement Asterisk at the campus.

My question is, do we build in a traditional intercom/paging system and 
tie that into the Asterisk PBX, the way such intercoms have been 
connected to other PBX's in our district in the past, or do we put IP 
phones in the classrooms and tie that into a PA system for paging? Are 
there IP based paging systems that could be used instead of the 
traditional PA/loudspeaker systems in most schools?

We will be writing a spec shortly (and I will be seeking a consultant on 
asterisk-biz soon to assist us), but I need to know whether I need to 
get our engineering consultant to redraw the cabling to reflect a data 
jack at the location of the classroom phone instead of the telco jack 
that is currently on the plans.

Thanks in advance for the advice!

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