[Asterisk-Users] Looking for input on which way to go with smallbusiness setup

[Rich Adamson]

Don't discount the 24-port analog cards to quickly. Both digium and 
sangamo sells them with or without hardware EC. I know the sangoma one 
works fine and am just about ready to swap to the digium TDM2400 for 
equivalent testing. Both will handle 24 ports of fxo or fxs; mix or match.


Kerry Garrison wrote:
> You will kick yourself up and down the block for not using IP phones in the
> end. What are you going to spend? $65 for an ata and $25 for a phone? Spend
> the extra money and get SNOM or Linksys phones. You then need to figure out
> how to get 12 analog lines into Asterisk. Using 3 TDM400's is not really an
> option as you will spend countless hours trying to figure out interrupt
> issues.  The next best option is 3 Mediatrix 1204 Gateways, this will set
> you back about $1,800 and will be maxed out. The best option, sticking with
> analog lines that is, would be a Rhino CB-24 FXO Channel Bank connected to a
> Rhino R1T1 card in the asterisk server. This bundle will hit you for about
> $2,000 but will only be half full.
> 
> However, you say you have 12 extensions and 12 lines? It is very rare to
> have a 1:1 ratio. Usually for 12 people you will see 5-8 lines needed.
> 
> Kerry Garrison
> Director of Technical Services
> Tech Data Pros - Orange County's Mobile IT Service Provider
> (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg at techdatapros.com
> http://www.techdatapros.com
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of T. Shaw
>> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:09 PM
>> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
>> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Looking for input on which way to 
>> go with smallbusiness setup
>>
>> Hey guys!
>> I'm the past week and a half, I have really learned a lot 
>> from the mailing list and the wiki's posted online.
>>
>> Now I have a question regarding different ways I can setup my 
>> asterisk server for a small business with 12 extensions in 
>> the office. Cost is a great concern, so I know cheap analog 
>> phones at the desks is what we are looking at. My question 
>> is, should I go do a fractional T1 for voice only, and the 
>> get a Internet Service provider for their data needs, get 
>> some sort of ATA and run the 12 analog phones to that OR go 
>> with what SBC/AT&T (in my
>> area) is offering, and do the "Integrated T1" option and have 
>> just the 12 channels for voice, run some ATA between * and 
>> the phones and use the 768 up and down for data? Anyone use 
>> this "Integrated T1" with asterisk before?
>> What hardware did you use?
>>
>> Thanks for your input!
>>
>>
>> Terrelle
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