[Asterisk-Users] Re: FXS or VOIP

[Jason Stewart]

Hi Jim,

My decision had more to do with the infrastructure of the existing
wiring more than anything else. I really *wanted* to go with voip but
I couldn't justify the extra cost since our office is wired for
analog. I ended up going with the TE410P Quad span T1 card, 2 PRIs and
an adit-600 channel bank for the FXS ports. I really had to do very
little to tune the FXS ports other than setting tx and rx gain on the
channel bank.

We have 5 other branch offices that we are connected to via WAN and we
have * servers at each of those locations, doing voip between those
and also the larger install that I describe above. 

So just because you have FXS ports does not mean that you cannot do
voip. There's always services like nufone for long distance that you
can connect * to. For your smaller setup just evaluate what's there
already in terms of network infrastructure then decide what fits best
for both your budget and your growth.

Best Regards,
Jason Stewart


On 11/01/06 15:06 -0600, Jim Freeze wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am setting up a phone system for a small office.
> The office will have 5-8 phones and a fax line.
> There are 4 hunt lines coming into the office.
> We have made no hardware purchase yet.
> 
> Being an asterisk newbie, before I suscribed to this list I just
> assumed that I would buy voip phones and connect
> all the phones to a private ethernet network.
> 
> However, I see many people inquiring about FXS cards.
> 
> Is there any reason why I would need to consider using
> analog phones and FXS cards? Seems to me the cheapest
> way is with voip phones and voice quality should be good
> since the phones are on a private network that only has
> voice traffic.
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Jim Freeze
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