Thanks Chris!! Running copper does not seem logical to me either. The last time I checked (Sept03), the cost of 8 lines in a T1 was almost double the cost of split lines.
I have been considering NuFone, and have investigated it. We have also been looking for a decent IP based business phone, but I'll post a separate question for that :) I have three businesses all with the same problem. A decent T1 price would be the best, so I could centralize everything and only outsource the long distance side. I'm in Vancouver, BC Canada with the "Telus Inc" monopoly. What range of prices do most American telco's charge for a T1?? The price (in C$) I was quoted was $450/m plus $27/m per voice channel with zero features. Plus there was a $1200 setup fee. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Albertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darren Martz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:49 AM Subject: Fwd: [Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best approach First get rid of those 8 analog lines. then you'l have two options: 1) Have the local phone company provide you with a T1 line that you can plug directly into the Digium card. After all it seems silly for ther phone company to split out the lines to 8 pairs runs 16 coppr wires only to have you re-combine them. 2) Get 8 DID numbers from a VOIP provider like NuFone or Iconnect and have all your incomming calls come in over your Internet link. Now yu've got zero hardawre, except for the PC. I suppose you would want local extensions... Depending on the numbr you might want a channel bank and anlog desk phones or go with all IP Phones --- Darren Martz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Darren Martz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best approach > Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:30:42 -0800 > > I have 8 lines coming into an existing PBX system and am looking for > a cost > effective way to replace the existing system with Asterisk. We need > some of > the features in Asterisk, including its ability to support remote > offices > (long distance savings). > > At first glance this appears to require a T100P card and a channel > bank, but > that seems rather expensive. My estimated price on that would be > roughly > $2600 for 8 lines given that system - perhaps my estimate is way > off???? > > Is there another way that is more cost effective? > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ===== Chris Albertson Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 310-990-7550 Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] KG6OMK __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ 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