On 11/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I disagree with PaulH on this one. Cheap IP phones makes for *cheap* > > phone, cheap sound, and cheap features. The cheapest IP phone you can > > get will come to around $60.00 USD, which multiplied by 150 makes > > $9,000.00. While a channel bank (ADIT 600) with 6 FXS cards (48 ports) > > runs around $1200.00 multiplied by 3 (3 * 48 = 144 the closest I can > > get without overbuying) makes for $3600.00, each QuadT1 card runs > > around $1,500.00 or $2,500.00 with echo can, multiplied by 2 makes > > $5,000.00 at the most, Total = $8,600.00 at the most, and you already > > have the phones, and I'm telling you that it will be cheaper. Also, > > you might have to rerun wiring for VoIP, beside the fact that for > > cheap VoIP phones you don't get POE, which also means you need outlets > > where you are going to put phones, as well as in featurewise; you can > > do much more in the DP with ananlog phones (or VoIP since it's in the > > DP), then *any* VoIP phone under $100.00 can do without the DP, and > > even a Cisco or Polycom cannot do much without some fancy programming > > from the phone itself with no DP. > > The digium 24 port card will also add another option to this.... > > PaulH
I'm sure it will, but for now I would only use it for testing, since we can get a card that does 4 times as much (Digium quad T1) with some external help (Channel Banks), and the Adit 600 has been proven that it does it the way it should. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
