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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Another option is to tie in a legacy 2-wire PBX
with Asterisk instead of going pure analog</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This allows you to reuse your single-pair
infrastructure, while achieving MOST of the functionality of a pure-ip endpoint
deployment with </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>only a very moderate
incremental cost over a pure-analog deployment. The upside is that you can
get things that the analog devices can't give you, such as network time,
paging, speakerphones, talkback and lots of hardware buttons for "1-click
access" to limitless asterisk features. Any legacy PBX is also going
to be compatible with your analog devices such as mailing machines (modems) and
Faxes (if you still use them) via their 'synchronous' (not-packetized) ATA's or
analog 'ports'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Consider how cheap SOLID STATE Norstar equipment is
for example. A few hundred bucks for a perfectly good PRI-equipped
decommissioned system that is DISKLESS & FANLESS (read high
availability) along high-quality speakerphone endpoints for virtually
nothing (on eBay), or dirt-cheap 'refurb' equipment that is tested &
warranted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Don't get me wrong, I prefer the power &
flexibility of a POE managed switch & IP endpoints, and without a
doubt a pure-analog system is far simpler, but if you have cost constraints or
physical constraints, and want more functionality that pure-analog can give you,
an asterisk-equipped legacy PBX is a powerful, flexible option that
should not be overlooked. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-Karl</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=j.begumisa@gmail.com href="mailto:j.begumisa@gmail.com">Joseph
Begumisa</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
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Non-Commercial Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [asterisk-users] 24 FXS Port
Voip Gateway and Asterisk</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>And not to mention the need for power over ethernet switches to
avoid having many power adpaters lying all over. Don't get me wrong, I'm
for IP Phones, however, in this specific scenario that I have, getting an FXS
to SIP gateway with 24 ports makes more sense.
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<DIV>Thanks for all the pointers.<BR clear=all><BR>
<DIV>Best Regards,<BR><BR>Joseph<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Andrew Latham <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:lathama@gmail.com">lathama@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>And to add to this, analog is useful for its distance when
running<BR>wall phones in a large warehouse
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<DIV class=h5><BR><BR><BR>On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Darrick
Hartman<BR><<A
href="mailto:dhartman@djhsolutions.com">dhartman@djhsolutions.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> Sometimes you need to look at the cost to pull new wire too,
not just the cost of the phones. There are a few cases where the channel
banks + analog phones make sense, especially when the analog devices are
already there.<BR>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S.
Cellular<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: hin lee
<<A href="mailto:hin87@yahoo.com">hin87@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> Date:
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:25:19<BR>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List -
Non-Commercial Discussion<<A
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Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 24 FXS Port Voip Gateway and
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