Point taken! Then an T1/E1 is the way to go.
PaulH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Litwiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra VentureIP 4FXO > Well we have 3 sales people that are out visiting customers 50% or more > of the time and it will get more as we got them laptops now. And if we > can forward the calls to their cell phones with our phone system instead > of giving the customers their cell numbers and then hanging up on the > customer it will provide a better experience for the customer and > better control for us. It may still be overkill but 4 lines aren't > enough in the busy season and if we have 3 calling in and getting > forwarded thru another to cells that is six already. And business is > growing so we want room to expand before having to upgrade again. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 8 lines for 10 phones is overkill....really.... > > > > PaulH > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim Litwiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra VentureIP > > 4FXO > > > > > > > >> Thanks for the heads up - I didn't see anything that said it did work > >> with asterisk so I thought I better ask. > >> > >> So if you where setting up a 6 - 8 telephone line system with 10 - 12 > >> phones and trying to stay under $3000 for the system and phones what > >> would you suggest. It sounds like if I can't do it for $3000 or under > >> we will just stay with our old - outdated - partially functional phone > >> system. > >> > >> I can probably reuse a workstation machine. And use AAH to make install > >> and configuration easy. But that leaves some device ( suggest one to > >> me) for > >> * 8 fxo ports -And **12 voip phones > >> * I think I'll just pass the fax/dsl line directly to the fax machine > >> and dsl modem since we don't use it for anything else anyways and that > >> means we don't have to worry about receiving faxes thru asterisk. > >> ** I'd like to use the new Sipura 941's but may have to go with > >> grandstream 2000's because of cost. > >> > >> We were supposed to have this done in November but cost issues have > >> pushed it back this far already - so I'm not sure when this will happen. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Cory Andrews wrote: > >> > >>> The Aastra VentureIP system used a semi proprietary, non SIP > >>> protocol. I do not think it would integrate with Asterisk very well. > >>> > >>> Cory J Andrews > >>> ++++++++++++ > >>> VOIPSupply.com > >>> 454 Sonwil Drive > >>> Buffalo, NY 14225 > >>> ++++++++++++++ > >>> voice - 716.630.1555 X22 > >>> email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> AIM - B2CORY > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Chavez" > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:04 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra > >>> VentureIP 4FXO > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:22:51 -0600, Tim Litwiller wrote > >>>> > >>>>> works with Asterisk. > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm thinking I'd need 2 to support 6-8 lines - Or suggest some other > >>>>> equipment that will provide up to 8 fxo ports and connect to asterisk. > >>>>> > >>>>> for future projects I'd also like something with 2 fxo ports and 4 - > >>>>> 5 fxs ports - I suppose a digium card would do fine for 2 fxo and > >>>>> 2fxs and I could do a sipura 2002 for 2 more. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> I do not think that the Venture IP will work with Asterisk at > >>>> all. As > >>>> far as I know it is a self contained system. The gateway unit will > >>>> autoconfigure the phones so they work together. The firmware for the > >>>> phones > >>>> is not the same as the one used for SIP and Asterisk. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Carlos Chavez > >>>> Director de Tecnología > >>>> Telecomunicaciones Abiertas de México S.A. de C.V. > >>>> Tel: +52-55-91169161 Ext 2001 > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >>>> > >>>> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >>>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >>> > >>> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >> > >> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
