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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Heck...our CO still had
analog switches until about 10 years ago! PRI is not an option going
with the local telco. Luckily, there are a couple of non-local telco's
that can apparently service me for a more reasonable rate.</font><br>
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Damon Estep wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">500-600 is
more typical these days
depending on where you are, but insist on PRI unless the service
central office
can not provide it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font
color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: windowtext;">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Ben Brown<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday,
September 08, 2005
9:41 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re:
[Asterisk-Users]
Solution for 12 to 16 FXO to asterisk connection</span></font><font
color="black"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Is this standard in the
industry? My local telco in
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
wants $1050/month for T1 (not PRI!) I can buy 24 POTS lines for
$840/month.
Gotta love small towns!<br>
<br>
BEN<br>
<br>
Sean Cook wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre wrap=""><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Not sure about where you are but 16 pots lines generally run about $25-$30 /<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">month = $480/month. For about $400/month I can get a PRI (23+1) and go<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">straight into a TE100.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Just a thought.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Sean<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">From: <a
href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">[<a
href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] On Behalf Of Erick Perez<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:04 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Damon Estep</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Cc: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Solution for 12 to 16 FXO to asterisk<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">connection<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">cant find a cisco one so far.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">So what i need is a voip gateway?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">i found the octtel sp1632 for about USD.1500<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><a
href="http://www.octtel.com.tw/eng/product_1632_2.php">http://www.octtel.com.tw/eng/product_1632_2.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">so i configure the equipment to register with the asterisk? as sip? or<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">some other thing? it will only be used to make outgoing calls, the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">config is like this<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">nortel (12 port pstn card)----->(device with<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">16fxo)----->asterisk----->voip_provider<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">no chance to use an e1/t1 on the nortel.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">On 9/8/05, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Damon Estep</st1:PersonName> <a
href="mailto:damon@suburbanbroadband.net"><damon@suburbanbroadband.net></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">How about a used cisco iad2400 with a 16fxo module? Check ebay - no t1<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">card required. Probably $1000<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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style="font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">From: <a
href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a> [<a
href="mailto:asterisk-users">mailto:asterisk-users</a>-<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:bounces@lists.digium.com">bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] On Behalf Of Erick Perez<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:27 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">To: <a
href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Solution for 12 to 16 FXO to asterisk<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
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<pre wrap=""><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Hi, today a customer asked how to use asterisk with 12 to 16 FXO<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">ports. I can use a channel bank with 16 FXO ports and connect the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">channel bank with a T1 cable to a T1 card in the Asterisk Server.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Asterisk will then send the calls to the Voip provider over the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">internet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">However a 16 fxo port channel bank is about USD 1500 + a t1 card USD<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">500 + a USD 1000 computer = 3 thousand us dollars + my installation<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">fees (life isn't free).<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Sounds expensive for such a small install.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Suggestions?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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<pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Erick Perez<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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