You can use a quad FXO gateway. Ask on the -biz list if you are looking for suppliers.
Mike wrote: >Thanks Alex, > >That was my original thought, to just buy a TDM400 from Digium and put in as >many FXO as I wanted, but I liked having the ease of just buying something >off the shelf, even if it meant paying a little more. > >But it looks like I won't have much of a choice. > >Mike > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Balashov >Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:25 >To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Reverse-ATA : Using PSTN lines to connect >toAsterisk > > >Hi Mike, > > You should be looking at ATAs that have FXO, rather than FXS interfaces. >Most ATAs come with FXS ports so that you can connect analogue phones to >them, but in this case you're wanting to take PSTN lines from the outside, >so FXO is desirable. > > Second, you'd have to make sure that the "ATA" supports the sort of >application you're using it for; most are manufactured on the opposite >premise. I am actually not sure offhand of any ATA firmware that I know >that I imagine would work this way, although I'm confident it exists as >consecutive back-to-back analogue<->VoIP adaptations in many scenarios can >get quite complex and requires that flexibility. > > Basically, you're looking for a small IP PBX that uses SIP internally >among its private nodes and takes PSTN trunks from the outside. That's what >PBXs typically do. :-) > > If all else fails, you can always roll your own functionality of this >nature by using FXO cards in Asterisk. There are various distributions that >package it in a very lightweight and reusable manner specifically for this >type of purpose, or you can roll your own if it's scalable enough. > >-- Alex > > >-- >Alex Balashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >_______________________________________________ >--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 > > _______________________________________________ --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
