Steven, what about if I want to make a 4x10 system? Should I have to move to E1/T1 anyway? Is that cost effective?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Critchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] how scalable is digium cards? > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 00:40, lito lampitoc wrote: > > This might be a newbie question but I'm just wondering > > how would it be possible to have 30 analog lines using asterisk for PBX > > by just using TDM40B and X100P (or are there any device>), if an > > ordinary PC support just 4 PCI slots? the maximum scale i guess would > > just be 2 x 8. Adding a new PC just for this purpose would be costly. > > > > I would appreciate your comments. > > It is unlikely you would want 30 analog lines coming in. It is likely > that your telco would change to supporting a T1 or E1 based on your > location and maybe they will then change it to analog at your premisis. > When working with a PBX, you would want to take that T1 or E1 directly > into the PBX without the analog conversion. So your 30 lines in would > fit on a E1 if available or 2 T1s into a TE4XXP card. You are left with > 2 more ports to move those channel banks inside for analog extensions. > With 2 cards as a sane high limit, and the possibility of haveing those > two cards be 4 port E1 cards, it is possible to have 240 lines split in > some multiple of 30 between ins and outs. This also doesn't account for > the VoIP options. > > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users