TDM cards are for terminating regular POTS lines (anything you could plug a regular phone into and have it work.) For a PRI you would need one of Digium's T1 interface cards. The TE110P is a great card if you need less than 23 channels. I can't recommend any other brands because I've never used them.
_________________________ RYAN AMOS System Administrator FINETOOTH THE CONTRACT INTELLIGENCE COMPANY phone 512.637.3530 fax 512.637.3501 mobile 512.484.6577 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW.FINETOOTH.COM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nora Lavelle Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 2:52 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Thanks everyone ! One more question if I do go with a PRI line. Will my existing TDM card from digium work or do I need to purchase a different card to handle this ? Thanks Nora Lavelle -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:34 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX I am sorry. I thought you wrote Dell 850. Should have looked closer. The machine should do just fine. However it would not hurt to ptu in another gig. Also see if anyone else on the list has used a 650 and what expiriences they have had. Regards, Dovid --- Nora Lavelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Dovid, > > Thank you for the book. I'm already reading it. > > I have a dell 650 server, 1Gig of memory, 1 CPU > (3.07Ghz). What > hardware would you recommend for the 200 users w/ > about 20 concurrent > calls ? > > As always I thank you so much for your help. > > Nora Lavelle > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dovid > Bender > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:02 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. > Traditional PBX > > I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the > specs on it ? If you want a system that can support > 200 users you will need to do a lot better than > that. > Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS > lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent > already) is the book that has come out a while back. > I > have it on my server at > http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/ > > Regards, > Dovid > (I posted my server and not from the publisher > becuase > I do not know thier URL and I have email access only > now.) > > --- Nora Lavelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone ! > > > > So here's my question of the day ! I need to make > a > > decision on whether or not to go to a voip > solution > > or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my > > company has available. We are a small startup. > I'm > > wanting a solution that will support up to about > 200 > > people, with direct dial-in capability, up to > about > > 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. > > Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about > > 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The > > biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of > > complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge > > (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 > > card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. > > > > So here are my questions: > > > > * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or > > should I just install the traditional pbx and look > > to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I > > personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix > > person not a phone person so from a manageability > > perspective i would love this ) > > > > * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to > support > > about 200 people with the requirements above what > > hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm > > guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different > digium > > card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? > > or would that have to be upgraded too ? > > > > If anyone is running an environment similar to > this > > that can provide help I would really appreciate > > this. I'm having a hard time making this decision > > and would love to hear anybody's experience in a > > real time environment. > > > > Thanks again this list ROCKS! > > Nora Lavelle > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by > Easynews.com > > -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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