Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-20 Thread Michel Verbraak
Please also have a look at the gateway boxes from berofix (http://wiki.beronet.com/index.php/Main_Page). I am not affiliated but have used different products from them over last few yeas and all have survived and are stable. Documentation is open and free on their wiki. They provide updates. They

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-18 Thread Michel Verbraak
Please also have a look at the gateway boxes from berofix (http://wiki.beronet.com/index.php/Main_Page). I am not affiliated but have used different products from them over last few yeas and all have survived and are stable. Documentation is open and free on their wiki. They provide updates. They

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-16 Thread Nunya Biznatch
Thanks again to everyone that's responded thus far. I have once again bundled the questions and answers into a single email, and am responding below. On 6/14/2013 9:43 AM, Nunya Biznatch wrote: Howdy All, They say opinions are like belly buttons, everybody has one. (that's the clean

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-15 Thread Nunya Biznatch
Thanks to everyone for the responses. I really appreciate it. I'll answer all questions and suggestions in this one email. (at the bottom) On 6/14/2013 9:43 AM, Nunya Biznatch wrote: Howdy All, They say opinions are like belly buttons, everybody has one. (that's the clean version of the

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-15 Thread Michelle Dupuis
... For redundant/failover of Asterisk checkout HAAST at www.generationd.comhttp://www.generationd.com The HAAST product sits between Linux and Asterisk, monitors for failures etc, and then fails over to another Asterisk box. It effectively creates a low-cost cluster, moving IP's etc to

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-15 Thread Carlos Alvarez
Interesting product that I was very interested in, but the licensing has one huge glaring problem. Be sure to read the FAQ carefully. If your hardware fails and you replace almost anything in the machine, you have to pay for the product again. On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Michelle Dupuis

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-15 Thread Chris Bagnall
On 15/6/13 7:00 pm, Carlos Alvarez wrote: Interesting product that I was very interested in, but the licensing has one huge glaring problem. Be sure to read the FAQ carefully. If your hardware fails and you replace almost anything in the machine, you have to pay for the product again. Not to

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-15 Thread Daniel Tryba
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:28:50AM -0600, Nunya Biznatch wrote: Answer - There's a couple reasons I'm thinking this way, which may be misguided so thanks for making me think about it. First is redundancy. Offloading the PRIs and analog phones from the primary PBX means if there's an issue, I

[asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-14 Thread Nunya Biznatch
Howdy All, They say opinions are like belly buttons, everybody has one. (that's the clean version of the saying). So I'm asking for yours. I hope you see it as a fun exercise. I'm designing a phone system from the ground up. Will be about 1000-1300 seats mixed 80/20 VoIP/Analog. 58-acre

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-14 Thread Daniel Tryba
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 09:43:29AM -0600, Nunya Biznatch wrote: System will use G.722 for VoIP Phones. [...] 2-servers acting as gateways. Each handling 2 PRIs for outside trunks. So why use g722? Just use your local g711 law and thus avoid the transcoding impact to/from the PSTN and calls

Re: [asterisk-users] I need a second opinion on a new phone system deployment

2013-06-14 Thread Steve Totaro
http://red-fone.com http://red-fone.com/products-new/fonebridge/ might be a good place look and see if other ideas pop up. They have good products. I am not affiliated with them, just a happy user on a couple of deployments. On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Nunya Biznatch