----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:06
AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] 8 lines -
best approach
Hey neighbour! I'll be posting on here what sort
of experience we'll have with 8 (actually 10) incoming FXO lines going to a
Vegastream gateway...
> -----Original Message-----
>
From: Darren Martz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:10 PM
> To: Chris Albertson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best
approach
>
>
> 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?
> >
> >
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