What would the difference be with using IP phones or ATA's in that case? You are still talking about a network device. Even with 50-60 stations installs you are highly unlikely to run into a need for QoS internally. -Kerry
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jean-Michel Hiver > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:41 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Looking for input on which way > to gowith smallbusiness setup > > Kerry Garrison a écrit : > > >You will kick yourself up and down the block for not using > IP phones in > >the end. What are you going to spend? $65 for an ata and $25 for a > >phone? Spend the extra money and get SNOM or Linksys phones. > You then > >need to figure out how to get 12 analog lines into Asterisk. Using 3 > >TDM400's is not really an option as you will spend countless hours > >trying to figure out interrupt issues. The next best option is 3 > >Mediatrix 1204 Gateways, this will set you back about $1,800 > and will > >be maxed out. The best option, sticking with analog lines that is, > >would be a Rhino CB-24 FXO Channel Bank connected to a Rhino > R1T1 card > >in the asterisk server. This bundle will hit you for about > $2,000 but will only be half full. > > > > > True, but using IP Phones means you need to do proper QoS at > the level of your LAN or install a second LAN (which kinda > defeats the purpose) as otherwise a network card going > bananas could kill your phone system. So you need to get a > proper QoS enabled switch, which is quite expensive too... > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users