[asterisk-users] Connect many fax lines?

[C F]

stay away from foip stick with channel banks

On 12/21/06, Allen Casteran <allen at nisinc.com> wrote:
> We have an application for Asterisk that will require connecting 144 fax
> ports into the system. Faxes will route externally over a PRI. The 144
> ports are for local fax machines within the building. Not all will be
> faxing simultaneously. We just need to be able to provide ports in the
> building to plug in lots of fax machines.
>
> The plan is to run an Asterisk server for about 100 phones and these fax
> ports.
>
> The big question is what's the best way to connect these fax ports to *?
>
> 1) We could use an 8-port T1 card and link 6 Rhino FXS channel banks.
>
> 2) We could put 6 MultiTech MultiVOIP FX-24 boxes on the * LAN.
>
> 3) or ???
>
> Anyone do something like this before?
> Any suggestions?
>
> I personally like the simplcity of the MultiVOIP boxes, plus the fact
> that they don't require T1 ports.
>
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