On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 04:32:50PM +1100, Gonzalo Servat wrote: > On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 16:00, Anthony Wood wrote: > > ISDN (telstra Onramp 2) is very similar in price to standard telstra lines. > > The only problem is you can't have ADSL & ISDN on the same line. > > > > We upgraded from 2 analogue lines to 2 digital (i.e. 4 channels) for $250. > > I was a bit turned off by the $300+ installation cost. I just rang > Telstra and its infact $190 if you already have a telephone line, which > I do. Awesome! > > How come you 4 channels if you only have 2 digital lines? I thought it > was one channel per line. I was told by the Telstra rep that I need a > OnRamp2 which is 2 channels, 2 lines.
Yeah OnRamp2 replaces 1 analogue line, so we converted 2 analogue lines to 2 * OnRamp2 i.e. 4 lines. > > But they Telstra'd up the installation so we asked for (and got) the $250 waived. > > Typical (about Telstra'ing the installation, not the setup fee > discount!) > > > It's worth thinking about it because of the Advantages of Digital signalling when > > using voice: > > > > Know which number was dialed > > Know callerid early > > Know when the other end has hung up > > Better voice quality > > > > Using Analogue with Asterisk seems to be filled with Kludges to detect hangups, > > busy, etc. With ISDN, the exchange does that for you. > > Yeah, we're now looking at it again. Local calls are pretty cheap too as > long as you don't talk for too long. > > You mentioned echo problems with the NetJet cards. Is this still the > case or was it last time you tried that it that had echo problems? I did > a Google search and didn't find much on the echo problems with them. There is still the problem, so bad that 4 person business I know stumped up the cash for an ISDN10 PRI install (AU$2000) and a TE410P (AU$3000) to replace a netjet ($250). I have only heard good things about the AVM Fritz!Cards with chan_capi. They are more expensive than the NetJets, but cheaper per line than the Openline4. > Thanks again for the good info. I prefer Vanilla Coke to beer. :-) cheers -- Woody _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
