How many lines are we talking here? Get a two port T1/PRI Card, use a channel bank, and get your lines from your provider on a PRI. (this way you can start off with 10 numbers, and add up to 300+ and never have to add any "extra" lines at a per line price.
If you looking to save money with SIP providers, you're going to get hit or miss performance with faxing. William Stillwell -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ronny Adsetts Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:06 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk, VoIP and Samsung iDCS100 Thanks everyone for your replies so far. I've pretty much concluded that going for a full Asterisk solution is the best longer term solution and that's what I'll do. We're moving office before May so that's the perfect time to put in a new phone system. But, I need to implement something quick-time just to buy me some time to do a full Asterisk solution. With that in mind, a couple of questions below: Gordon Henderson said at 02/11/2010 16:39: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Ronny Adsetts wrote: >> 1. Add analogue card(s) to the computer to run Asertisk and treat >> them as analogue extensions in the Samsung. Statically route each >> extension to a VoIP handset/user. > > So incoming via ISDN, Samsung converts to analogue, PC converts to > VoIP and then out again - it'll work (maybe), but it's a huge waste of > resources. It is a waste of resources I agree but might be the easiest way forward. As I mentioned above, I need a quick and dirty short term solution to buy me some time to scrap the Samsung and replace with Asterisk. I have an "analogue extensions" card in the Samsung that we currently use for a fax and answer-phone for one of our numbers (long story). What hardware would I need in the Asterisk so I could hook up some analogue extensions? Am I right in thinking I need something like an FXO/FXS card? I imagine I could then route (effectively hard-wire) those extensions direct each to a specific SIP phone using Asterisk? Thanks again for all your help so far. Ronny -- Ronny Adsetts Technical Director Amazing Internet Ltd, London t: +44 20 8607 9535 f: +44 20 8607 9536 w: www.amazinginternet.com Registered office: UK House, 82 Heath Road, Twickenham TW1 4BW Registered in England. Company No. 4042957 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users