Hi,
I'm a bit new to phone systems technology, so sorry if this question may sound uninformed.
I want to put together a system of about 20 stations. What I'm invisioning is a system where about 16 users have a inexpensive handset hooked up to their computer via some sort of modem and the computer would run their usual Windows apps with a client that serves as a more complex interface to voice mail and extended dialing features. I would like the handset to behave as a normal phone as long as the computer is turned on.
The other 4 stations would be "stand alone" handsets so that a receptionist could answer and forward calls to either the user or his/her voicemail.
Is something like this possible using asterisk software/digicom hardware? Would it be reliable for 20 stations/16 users, 6 phone lines?
Also I'd like to have worldwide users appear to be on the local phone system through voice over ip. Is that possible? Our local network is 100 mb/s and our internet connection is 768kb/s in both directions. Would that be enough?
Thanks,
Jake
Yes, Asterisk can do everything you've listed.
- www.xten.com for Windows SIP voice clients
- ? for USB handsets - xten supports some, I think - look on their website for vendors
- www.cisco.com for 7960 "nice" operator stations
- 768kbps is fine for 6 simultaneous calls (preferably something other than the g.711 codec, which is the highest quality sound by a slim margin but at least double the bandwidth of the nearest comparable codec) as long as it's not saturated with other traffic already.
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