Don't discount the 24-port analog cards to quickly. Both digium and
sangamo sells them with or without hardware EC. I know the sangoma one
works fine and am just about ready to swap to the digium TDM2400 for
equivalent testing. Both will handle 24 ports of fxo or fxs; mix or match.
Kerry Garrison wrote:
You will kick yourself up and down the block for not using IP phones in the
end. What are you going to spend? $65 for an ata and $25 for a phone? Spend
the extra money and get SNOM or Linksys phones. You then need to figure out
how to get 12 analog lines into Asterisk. Using 3 TDM400's is not really an
option as you will spend countless hours trying to figure out interrupt
issues. The next best option is 3 Mediatrix 1204 Gateways, this will set
you back about $1,800 and will be maxed out. The best option, sticking with
analog lines that is, would be a Rhino CB-24 FXO Channel Bank connected to a
Rhino R1T1 card in the asterisk server. This bundle will hit you for about
$2,000 but will only be half full.
However, you say you have 12 extensions and 12 lines? It is very rare to
have a 1:1 ratio. Usually for 12 people you will see 5-8 lines needed.
Kerry Garrison
Director of Technical Services
Tech Data Pros - Orange County's Mobile IT Service Provider
(949) 502-7819 x200 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.techdatapros.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T. Shaw
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:09 PM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Looking for input on which way to
go with smallbusiness setup
Hey guys!
I'm the past week and a half, I have really learned a lot
from the mailing list and the wiki's posted online.
Now I have a question regarding different ways I can setup my
asterisk server for a small business with 12 extensions in
the office. Cost is a great concern, so I know cheap analog
phones at the desks is what we are looking at. My question
is, should I go do a fractional T1 for voice only, and the
get a Internet Service provider for their data needs, get
some sort of ATA and run the 12 analog phones to that OR go
with what SBC/AT&T (in my
area) is offering, and do the "Integrated T1" option and have
just the 12 channels for voice, run some ATA between * and
the phones and use the 768 up and down for data? Anyone use
this "Integrated T1" with asterisk before?
What hardware did you use?
Thanks for your input!
Terrelle
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