[asterisk-users] Big time system

[Cary Fitch]

Thanks for the feed back, but the rates are more or less predetermined.

AT&T rates would be $.0007 per minute for local calls.  The operation would
be providing local phones wired to houses with copper pairs.

What I am looking for is the "best" ways to handle those lines when brought
to a local "switch" site.  The actual "switch" might not be there but back
hauled, might be a TDM switch, a concentrator (TNT, etc) "10" ganged
Asterisk systems, or "tin can and string". 

I see some talking about TNTs in this forum.  Those are 672 lines or in some
versions double that, what is used behind them to do the processing, etc.

Cary Fitch

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Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Big time system

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Cary Fitch <caryf at usawide.net> wrote:
> But, we have an opportunity to get into a big time telecom activity.
>
> It would have 2000 to 30,000 user lines per city, and we would like to
have
> those brought back to a central location for control and because transport
> can be more economical than remote site rentals, maintenance and
personnel.

I would say you need to make an RFP process to first negotiate your
calling rate extremely low with the major vendors of the country where
you're operating. If this is US, you're talking Qwest, AT&T, Verizon,
and the ilk, and you negotiate an extremely low minute rate in return
for giving them a guaranteed minimum revenue. And while you're at it,
you ask them how they suggest you design the architecture over their
national network.

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