On Thursday, Nov 6, 2003, at 17:32 Europe/Oslo, Stephen R. Besch wrote:
Here's a cost analysis, rather crude and inspecific, of using AsteriskFor what it's worth, here's what we actually paid for our system:
to implement a phone system. I'm really quite naive and new to all this,
so I'd appreciate any corrections, tips, pointers, etc, from those in
the community, who have far greater experience, knowledge, skill, etc.
than I. Am I forgetting something important? Am I way off in my
estimates?
1) CPU: Salvaged from spare parts, estimated cost to purchase: $500
Asus A7V133, 900MHz, 256MB,60GB
2) Two Nics $50
3) Digium T100P $495
4) 20 GS Budgetone @$65 $1300
5) Adtran TSU600 Channel Bank (e-bay + patience) $99
6) 2 Dual FXO plugins for TSU @$100 (used) $200
7) 1 Dual FXS Plug in for TSU @$100 (used) $100
8) Asterisk and Linux $0
9) APC Smart-UPS 700 (used) $60
Total: $2804 $140/Phone (including phones)
$75/phone (not including phones)
er. what do you want the channel bank for, if running SIP phones? isn't it better then to go for isdn BRI with kapejod's hfc zap driver and his quad/octo cards or even capi with passive cards? that'll initially save you (495+200+100=) $795, and add another $200 for a couple of fritz cards (or so), effectivily driving the price down a bit to $2209. also - I beleive the PC price is a little high if you push it.
anyway - how does this compare to a typical commercial pbx?
roy
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