Thanks all for your responses. I talked with the client today an we are preparing a chechlist of features as well as number of E1, landlines and GSM/CDMA needs. Since tomorrow is friday and the IT person at the hotel does not work weekends, we will continue to work on this by monday so i can present a more detailed configuration and be fair to all.
thanks, On 3/30/06, Erick Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I have an hotel as a client for linux services, now he want to open a > new hotel and asked me about a PBX since he know I deal with asterisk. > Being this a big task (I work alone) I want to receive quotes for the > description below: > Feel free to drop your suggestions. > > Do you offer remote consulting services? > Such as: > Remote installation and configuration via SSH of: > > PBX Asterisk Realtime installation in a Centos 4.2/4.3 with a web > interface and web billing. > > Type of customer: Hotel. > rj45 cabled extensions: so far, 250 can go up to 500 or more. > Types of phones: IP phones, probably SIP, not sure to use PoE or not. > Quantity of phones: about 100 to start > > Services: > -Since it's an hotel, full PBX service. > -Hold, call transfer, queue (for the receptionists), voicemail, > follow-me, and potentially enable VIP/Management Phones to have > videoconferencing(maybe using Cisco phones), DiD and related hotel > functions. > -Capacity to enable/disable extensions, so when a room is empty, the > phone can be deactivated. > -Asterisk interfacing with POTS(in/out), E1(in/out voice), and GSM > (out only) gateways. > - Fax Support (send/receive) > -- billing to the extension. it's an hotel so billing must be applied > to almost anything. there are about 5 different rate plans. VIP rooms, > executive rooms, normal rooms, cabins. > -- Did I mention web interface? i know that the people at the hotel > will not dig the CLI, but at least to offer them the most features in > a nice web interface. I can handle the CLI/.conf when needed. > -- I know there are other things, i guess we can discuss them in more > detail if you consider it. > > i think if you accept the proposition, we can break the configurations > in the following way: > - asterisk configuration > - extensions creation > - voicemail setup > - phone setup > - fax setup > - billing setup > - am i missing something? > > Shall we run Asterisk Business Edition? CVS? or stable release? > I can get hp proliant servers here. > sangoma or digium cards also. (does the digium suffer from the IRQ stuff > still) > > In terms of hardware I was thinking: > the asterisk server to handle sip clients > the database server for billing and potentially for voicemail/fax > should I use another server for the e1/pots connection? Probably it > will be two or 3 E1s with DiD, potentially there will be no pots lines > just E1 and the GSM gateways use FXS ports or can be accessed via SIP > (SIP to GSM gateways) > > This will be my first big client (I work alone) so that's why i want > to hire the configuration services from an expert and then learn from > there. > > I think you can make one setup of each service and i can replicate the > rest, saving both time, and money(at least for me). > > BTW, I'm located in Panama, central america. > My cellphone is +507-6694-4780 > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > Erick Perez > Linux User 376588 > http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) > Panama, Republic of Panama > -- ------------------------------------------- Erick Perez Linux User 376588 http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) Panama, Republic of Panama _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz