[asterisk-users] Re: RE: Digital Phones

[Robert Augustyn]

Stephen,
I understand that these sets are digital but what about connecting  Asterisk
fxs to Nortel fxo and keep sets connected to existing Nortel?

Would that work?
Robert

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Stephen Bosch
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:11 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Re: RE: Digital Phones
> 
> Robert Augustyn wrote:
> > Can you connect existing Nortel system to Asterisk through fxs/fxo?
> > That way one could use existing infrastructure for few old 
> phones and 
> > Asterisk for new phones and all good things which come with it?
> 
> No. They are digital phones and use proprietary Nortel signalling.
> 
> The "too bad" thing about Nortel is that, when all your 
> infrastructure is Nortel, it's pretty solid, reliable stuff, 
> and in its day it was also pretty amazing. There's a reason 
> why their PBX hardware was the most widely deployed in North America.
> 
> Every technology has its day, though, and Nortel has been 
> milking its contribution since 1975. The new IP stuff is 
> unimpressive; I considered getting BCM certification once but 
> when I looked at the equipment costs, I just shuddered. No 
> sane business operator would pay those prices, and most of 
> the insane ones are already in jail.
> 
> Your best bet is to sell the sets you already have and 
> replace them with appropriate IP hardware (you might even 
> consider Aastra, which inherited most of Nortel's 
> conventional telephony portfolio and has done great things 
> with it); you can still get good money for used Nortel 
> digital sets; many people are perfectly happy with their 
> systems and I expect they'll be around for some time to come.
> 
> -Stephen-
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