We are looking to solve the same problem for different reasons.. I am currently looking into the Lucent (Ascend) MAX TNT to terminate the PRI's and then use VoIP/SIP to connect to the Asterisk platform.
BTW: Who makes your class-3 switch you are having so much trouble with? -- Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Boehm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] PRI concentrator > Hey gang, > We currently have a class 3 switch (CSX) that..well..it sucks. It does > terrible CDR writes, doesn't support LCR, the list goes on and on. We want > to replace this with several asterisk boxes each running one or two 4 port > PRI cards. > The problem is: I can plug in 20 PRI lines into the CSX (from PSTN) and > have 1 come from CSX into asterisk. If 1 call comes in on each of the 20 > pris, the CSX concentrates them into 1 pri into asterisk. Thus I only need a > single PRI card for asterisk box. > > If I want to completly replace the CSX, I would need several boxes with 1 > or 2 4 port cards. But that is a big waste of money when I can concentrate > into less cables. > > Does anyone know of some piece of hardware (other than a carrier switch) > that will do the same thing? Keeping our current switch doesn't cost > anything except in terms of power consumption and physical space (its like > 5U or 8U). > > Thanks, > Matthew > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > 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 Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users