[asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 03:21:47PM -0000, Chris Bagnall wrote:
> I've been asked to provide a system for 200 extensions, most of which
> will be existing analogue POTS handsets, not IP handsets. I've not
> really had any experience with large channel banks in the past (since
> most of our deployments are strictly IP-only to the desk), so I'm at a
> loss as to which ones are worth looking at.
>
> If anyone's had experience using channel banks on reasonably sizeable
> installs I'd be interested to hear what device(s) you used, how simple
> or complex they were to configure, and whether there'd be any issues
> attaching multiple units to a single server.
>
> This install would be in the UK, so we do need to factor in the
> different conditions expected by UK POTS handsets (line impedance,
> etc.). Are most channel banks country-neutral, or do specific models
> need to be purchased for different line conditions in each country?

You might want to check the archives from, I think, early '07; I was
looking into doing a hotel/motel system for a client, and asked almost
exactly this question.

Cheers,
-- jra
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