We ended up going with Zhone channelbanks because they are available very cheaply and are very small. Just make sure you get the B version, they are much easier to program than the A version. I must note that Zhone channelbanks are not made anymore so you must buy them on the secondary market.
Other than that, I have talked with people using rhino, adit and carrier access with asterisk with no issues. MATT--- On 2/17/06, Rich Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Whose channel banks did you end up going with? > > > ------------------------ > > > Hello, > > > > We had over 100 ATA adapters in production 3 years ago. Now we have > > less than 20. They use more power overall than Channelbanks, they are > > not designed to be used 12-16 hours a day every day. You must > > configure and test every one. They do not last as long as > > channelbanks. > > > > Using Channelbanks has saved us time and cost in fixing/replacing > > equipment, We have not had to replace a single one of the ten > > channelbanks we've had in place for the last 18 months. In the first > > year of ATA usage, we had to replace 20% of our ATAs(overheating, > > random dying, coffee, soda, other abuse). > > > > As for initial purchase cost, ATA adapters are actually slightly > > cheaper per port than channelbanks(if buying new). > > > > MATT--- > > > > > > On 2/15/06, Dovid Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I may be missing something here but why wouldnt ATA's > > > work ? (other than cost). > > > --- maka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > > > I am planning a fairly large hotel VoIP system, > > > > using analog phones. It will > > > > consist of about 100 analog phones, that must have > > > > access to a VoIP server. > > > > I am considering an option to use a couple of > > > > asterisk boxes, bundled with a > > > > total of four TDM2460E cards, and one TDM2451E card. > > > > > > > > Has anyone on this list done something similar? It > > > > would be great to hear > > > > some comments regarding a smilar setuyp/planning - > > > > Do you think is it better > > > > to distribute resources among multiple (more than > > > > two), lower-port-density > > > > asterisk servers? Or is it better to use a > > > > channelbank for that purpose? > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > --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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > --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 > > > > ---------------End of Original Message----------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > --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
