On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 21:51 -0600, Dan Wright wrote: > I am in the processes of designing an asterisk server for a friends > company, and I am undecided as which setup to go with. > He wants to start out with 5 incoming/outgoing lines with the option > of growing to 10. I was thinking of just going with one of the new > TDM2400 > cards, or two TDM400P cards, but am wondering if it wouldn't be > better to go with a T1 card. They don't need a lot of bandwidth and > could even > split the T1 for use with data as well. What I really want to avoid is > having to change the setup down the road.
If you intend to grow to over 8 lines, I would suggest looking at the T1 options. You could use a T1 card and a channel bank, but if you also are looking for true commercial grade Internet bandwidth, I would look at the combined voice/data T1 offerings. > So my question is, what would you do? If you would go with the T1 > line, what do you pay for a similar setup? I understand that the cost > varies > per location, phone company, or reseller. I'm just trying to get a > ballpark figure on what to expect. This is not possible to answer. PRI T1's (23 voice channels) can go from $350ish to over $3000 per month. I would suggest looking at a CLEC like Time Warner Telecom (http://www.twtelecom.com). They have an combined Voice/Data service (VersiPak), that they do offer with a PRI output. You could get 768K Data (CIR), 6 voice lines, and when voice lines are not in use you can get another 384K of data. I setup one consulting customer (non-asterisk), with 768K CIR, and 12 voice lines on a PRI output, bill is under $700/month. > Any information or other ideas that you can provide would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, Harry > Dan > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
