[Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra VentureIP 4FXO

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8 lines for 10 phones is overkill....really....

PaulH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Litwiller" <tim at litwiller.net>
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Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra VentureIP
4FXO


> Thanks for the heads up - I didn't see anything that said it did work
> with asterisk so I thought I better ask.
>
> So if you where setting up a 6 - 8 telephone line system with 10 - 12
> phones and trying to stay under $3000 for the system and phones what
> would you suggest.  It sounds like if I can't do it for $3000 or under
> we will just stay with our old - outdated - partially functional phone
> system.
>
> I can probably reuse a workstation machine. And use AAH to make install
> and configuration easy.  But that leaves some device ( suggest one to
> me) for
> * 8 fxo ports -And **12 voip phones
> * I think I'll just pass the fax/dsl line directly to the fax machine
> and dsl modem since we don't use it for anything else anyways and that
> means we don't have to worry about receiving faxes thru asterisk.
> ** I'd like to use the new Sipura 941's but may have to go with
> grandstream 2000's because of cost.
>
> We were supposed to have this done in November but cost issues have
> pushed it back this far already - so I'm not sure when this will happen.
>
>
>
>
> Cory Andrews wrote:
> > The Aastra VentureIP system used a semi proprietary, non SIP
> > protocol.  I do not think it would integrate with Asterisk very well.
> >
> > Cory J Andrews
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> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Chavez"
> > <cursor at telecomabmex.com>
> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
> > <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra
> > VentureIP 4FXO
> >
> >
> >> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:22:51 -0600, Tim Litwiller wrote
> >>> works with Asterisk.
> >>>
> >>> I'm thinking I'd need 2 to support 6-8 lines - Or suggest some other
> >>> equipment that will provide up to 8 fxo ports and connect to asterisk.
> >>>
> >>> for future projects I'd also like something with 2 fxo ports and 4 -
> >>> 5 fxs ports - I suppose a digium card would do fine for 2 fxo and
> >>> 2fxs and I could do a sipura 2002 for 2 more.
> >>>
> >>
> >>     I do not think that the Venture IP will work with Asterisk at
> >> all.  As
> >> far as I know it is a self contained system.  The gateway unit will
> >> autoconfigure the phones so they work together.  The firmware for the
> >> phones
> >> is not the same as the one used for SIP and Asterisk.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Carlos Chavez
> >> Director de Tecnología
> >> Telecomunicaciones Abiertas de México S.A. de C.V.
> >> Tel: +52-55-91169161 Ext 2001
> >>
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