My needs are simple and clear. I have an office with 2 employees, a
sublet (independent business) and myself. I work p/t from the office
and p/t from home (telecommute). My wife works p/t from home
(telecommute exclusively). My other employee telecommutes from
350miles (we fly her in every 3-4 months as the needs fit). My sublet
works full time from the office. We have an assortment of
POTS,VoIP,cellular,fax mixed in popouri of technology. I want to unify
my TC. POTS<-->FaxServer and
BRI<-->Asterisk<-->VoIP Phones. I want to have the TC
Unity of an office without the need to have everyone in the office at
the same time. (Am I a dreamer?). BRI w/DiD through Asterisk would do
that nicely. So would BroadVoice (Vonage has no DiD's where I live).
I'm not affraid to spend a little to get a system that will do
whatever I want. I currently use POTS <-->SPA-3000 <-->
SPA-841. Works well, but really only supports 1 user, depends on ILEC
for V-mail and has no room for growth. A BRI would support 5-6 people
without stretching the technology. A PRI is just TOO much, unless I
could get it cheap and wholesale the extra DiDs. Am I heading the
right way? Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Mark Coccimiglio
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Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote:
Mark,
I was in the same situation. Our current system uses BRI for
almost all lines. I looked for some kind of solution and finally gave
up. The BRI products here just seemed way too expensive for me. I
then started checking on a PRI and ended up getting an integrated PRI
with 7 channels for voice and the rest as a fractional T1 for data. It
hasn't been installed yet, but once it goes live, we'll end up saving
about $1000 a month from what we were paying with BRI and POTS. Most
of this savings comes from needing multiple phone numbers, but not that
many lines. We had 10 BRI circuits (equates to 20 voice lines). We're
also getting rid of our DSL since this includes data.
It kind of depends on what you have, and what you need (as far
as voice and data), whether this will work for you.
On 4/10/06, Mark Coccimiglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey
all,
It such a shame that BRI technology is such a flop in the USA. For a
small office such as mine it would be a great product. So her goes my
question.... What is a known asterisk working BRI card that will
operate in the USA. I need to weigh price/quality. I need to do
DID/DDI (or what ever you want to call it). Asterisk will do everything
else I need. The ILEC has at the other end a DMS-100. I have been
having all kinds of problems using POTS lines that I will consider it an
investment to move to a more digital connection. I am considering
going the VoIP route (Vonage, Broadvoice, etc...) but before I commit
either way I'm exploring all my options.
Your opnion matter here to please let me know.
Mark Coccimiglio
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