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On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 3:07 PM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > What's the NPA-NXX? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Craig Baird" <cr...@xpressweb.com> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Friday, March 4, 2022 9:52:24 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? > > Also, regarding just going with VOIP, that was my first thought. However, > I have yet to find a VOIP provider that can port our small town's local > numbers. > > Craig > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 7:25 AM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > wrote: > >> 1) If you have an ethernet network in place couldn't you just steal a >> pair? >> 2) Why bother with converting POTs ->IP -> POTS? Just get rid of the >> pots line and replace it with a VOIP line. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 7:37 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Good cordless phone. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Mar 3, 2022, at 6:09 PM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Don't touch this. It'll be a support disaster and waste of your time. >>> Have them contact the telco to run a new cable on the outside or bury it to >>> that restaurant. Whatever doesn't involve you. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022, 1:00 PM Daniel White <dwh...@atheral.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've not personally done this, but I'd be a Grandstream HT801 for the >>>> FXS port and a Grandstream HT813 for the FXO port would work. >>>> >>>> This document outlines the config - >>>> https://www.grandstream.com/hubfs/Product_Documentation/Peering_HT8XX_with_HT813.pdf?hsLang=en >>>> >>>> [image: photograph] >>>> Daniel White >>>> Co-Founder >>>> phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 >>>> direct: +1 (702) 470-2766 >>>> >>>> Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> >>>> March 3, 2022 at 11:06 >>>> I have done it with FXS to FXO ATAs. >>>> >>>> *From:* dmmoff...@gmail.com >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:55 AM >>>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? >>>> >>>> >>>> Yeah. The Linksys/Sipura SPA equipment could do that. You’d get a >>>> device with the FXO port on one end (I think SPA3000) and then an ATA at >>>> the other end. >>>> >>>> I don’t think that feature set survived the transition to Cisco…..I’m >>>> afraid I don’t know the modern equivalent. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution >>>> for a gift shop. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the >>>> other…..a little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. >>>> That might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for everyone. >>>> I’m pretty certain it would work, it would just burn a lot of your time. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I’d hope somebody here knows the current good/cheap option, but I’m >>>> afraid I don’t. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On >>>> Behalf Of *Craig Baird >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2022 12:48 PM >>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>>> <af@af.afmug.com> >>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, >>>> convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a >>>> normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a >>>> restaurant in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they >>>> have a POTS line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of >>>> the gift shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into >>>> the restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid >>>> of the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. >>>> Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there >>>> isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a >>>> bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an >>>> ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively >>>> easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs >>>> into Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also >>>> plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each >>>> other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where >>>> it needs to be. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Do such devices exist? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> dmmoff...@gmail.com >>>> March 3, 2022 at 10:55 >>>> >>>> Yeah. The Linksys/Sipura SPA equipment could do that. You’d get a >>>> device with the FXO port on one end (I think SPA3000) and then an ATA at >>>> the other end. >>>> >>>> I don’t think that feature set survived the transition to Cisco…..I’m >>>> afraid I don’t know the modern equivalent. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution >>>> for a gift shop. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the >>>> other…..a little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. >>>> That might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for everyone. >>>> I’m pretty certain it would work, it would just burn a lot of your time. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I’d hope somebody here knows the current good/cheap option, but I’m >>>> afraid I don’t. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On >>>> Behalf Of *Craig Baird >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2022 12:48 PM >>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>>> <af@af.afmug.com> >>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, >>>> convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a >>>> normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a >>>> restaurant in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they >>>> have a POTS line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of >>>> the gift shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into >>>> the restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid >>>> of the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. >>>> Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there >>>> isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a >>>> bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an >>>> ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively >>>> easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs >>>> into Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also >>>> plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each >>>> other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where >>>> it needs to be. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Do such devices exist? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Craig Baird <cr...@xpressweb.com> >>>> March 3, 2022 at 10:47 >>>> Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, >>>> convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a >>>> normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? >>>> >>>> Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a >>>> restaurant in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they >>>> have a POTS line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of >>>> the gift shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into >>>> the restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid >>>> of the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. >>>> Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there >>>> isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a >>>> bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an >>>> ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively >>>> easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. >>>> >>>> So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs >>>> into Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also >>>> plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each >>>> other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where >>>> it needs to be. >>>> >>>> Do such devices exist? >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Carl Peterson >> >> *PORT NETWORKS* >> >> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 >> >> Baltimore, MD 21202 >> >> (410) 637-3707 >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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