[asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 11:50:43PM +0000, Gordon Henderson 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.
> 
> I know I've missed the original message in this thread, so it'll be a bit 
> out of place, but what about the Xorcom Channel banks?
> 
> e.g.:
> 
>    http://www.voipon.co.uk/xorcom-astribank32-32-fxs-channel-bank-p-530.html
> 
> Trouble is, you'll need 7 32-port units to cover your needs and I'm not 
> sure if USB2 is up to driving that many ... Tzafrir?

One USB connector can take a number close to that easily. But even if
USB were the bottleneck, you would just add another USB controller in the form of 
PCI card and get extra bandwidth.

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