$20,000 including phones will cover a fully redundent system with dual servers, each capable of carrying your call load. Half of that is for fifty business class hard phones.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Pastore Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:07 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Systems Admin; Telecom Newbie - What do I need? Thanks for all the great replies. I guess I over-asked my question (since so many kept popping up). For now, what I really need to determine is what I need to budget for a full implementation. Unfortunately, I don't have time now to do testing and analysis... I just need to get my budget submitted. So I'm trying to figure out what all I'll need to buy and budget for. Obviously this is pretty hard, since I understand so little about telecom. So that said... Can anyone help me in determining what all I will need? The only thing I really need is one ballpark figure for a grand total cash outlay. However, it it is too low, I may be hosed. If it is too big, the project may be cut out of the budget. So I'd like to get within, say $5K of the actual expected cost. The items I had identified in my original post were: - A server, running Debian Linux or OS X (our preferred operating systems here) - A good network. We're on switched 100 Base-T, but will move to gigabit next year. - A T1 or some dedicated channels of a T1 - Gateway PCI cards or devices (in the case of OS X, only devices I guess) - VOIP phones or phone software (I'd like to use software and USB handsets) Are there more things I need? Or does someone have a rough estimate of what it costs to implement an Asterisk system in a small business? We have about 50 users and currently have something like 20 POTS lines coming into our PBX. Thanks again. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.14/48 - Release Date: 7/13/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.14/48 - Release Date: 7/13/2005 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
