> Hello, > > I have to deploy an Asterisk PBX with this requirements: > - 1 or 2 ISDN lines in input/output > - 14 internal analog phones (yes, I know, analog ones... ;( ) > - Billing interface for the operator (for usage of analog phones) > > For the external interface I'm thinking about Beronet Quad Span ISDN/BRI Card > TE/NT (BN4S0). > I'm in trouble about the internal interfaces: the first thought was about > Digium card (4 x TDM400P with 2 x S100M modules each), but it's difficult to > find a MB with 5 PCI, and I'll have no chanches for future expansions. > > Does anyone of you know a PCI card with 8 FXS port that SURELY works with > Asterisk? > I'm ready to examine any other piece of hardware with 8 or more FXS ports, > too... > > By the way, for billing operations I'm going to check AstBill sofware; did > anyone positively try it with asterisk in operational environment? > > Any hint will be greatly appreciated... ;) > > Thanks > > > Jonathan
For your internal analog extensions why not get a Digium T1 card and a channel bank. I only have experience with Adtran 600E but they work extremely well and can be had used on ebay for about $600 regularly (if you are lucky you may be able to get it much cheaper.) I read the Rhino channel banks are much cheaper and work well with asterisk but have no personal experience. With the Channel bank solution, you are looking at $500 for the T1 board and another $600 for the channel bank with 24 FXS ports. Its a solid solution and gives you tons of room to upgrade from 14 FXS ports to 24 by simply adding phones. Thanks, Steve Totaro _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- 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
