[asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules

[John covici]

You could put at least two Rhino quad t1 cards and that would give you
8 times 24 ports and I heard of one with those cards plus a dual t1
card which is 240 extensions on one server.
this would take up 3 pci slots.

on Thursday 11/30/2006 Jon Schøpzinsky(jos at detele.dk) wrote
 > I think It would be cheaper to use dedicated VoIP PSTN Gateways, such as audiocodes or similar (audiocodes is actually a bad example, as their not that cheap). But dedicated ATA hardware with 24 or more ports.
 > 
 > Jon 
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Vieri
 > Sent: 30. november 2006 10:15
 > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
 > Subject: [asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules
 > 
 > I am trying to find out the best way to replace one of
 > our hardware PBXs. It currently has 200+ analog phones
 > connected to it. The idea is to take advantage of the
 > already installed phone cables (big building) so I'm
 > trying to avoid the use of ethernet adapters (if
 > possible). However, I'm realizing that it's an
 > expensive setup and will definitely require two or
 > more cooperating Asterisk servers (cluster) mainly due
 > to PCI slot availability.
 > 
 > I am aware of the TDM2400P card. One could put 6 FXS
 > uqad-modules and would serve 24 analog phones.
 > 
 > However, I would need at least 9 of these PCI cards
 > which could be placed in 2 or 3 servers.
 > 
 > Is there another way of doing this (hopefully cheaper
 > and more convenient)?
 > 
 > Thank you for your suggestions.
 > 
 > Vieri
 > 
 > 
 > 
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