Stephen, I understand that these sets are digital but what about connecting Asterisk fxs to Nortel fxo and keep sets connected to existing Nortel?
Would that work? Robert > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stephen Bosch > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:11 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Re: RE: Digital Phones > > Robert Augustyn wrote: > > Can you connect existing Nortel system to Asterisk through fxs/fxo? > > That way one could use existing infrastructure for few old > phones and > > Asterisk for new phones and all good things which come with it? > > No. They are digital phones and use proprietary Nortel signalling. > > The "too bad" thing about Nortel is that, when all your > infrastructure is Nortel, it's pretty solid, reliable stuff, > and in its day it was also pretty amazing. There's a reason > why their PBX hardware was the most widely deployed in North America. > > Every technology has its day, though, and Nortel has been > milking its contribution since 1975. The new IP stuff is > unimpressive; I considered getting BCM certification once but > when I looked at the equipment costs, I just shuddered. No > sane business operator would pay those prices, and most of > the insane ones are already in jail. > > Your best bet is to sell the sets you already have and > replace them with appropriate IP hardware (you might even > consider Aastra, which inherited most of Nortel's > conventional telephony portfolio and has done great things > with it); you can still get good money for used Nortel > digital sets; many people are perfectly happy with their > systems and I expect they'll be around for some time to come. > > -Stephen- > _______________________________________________ > --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
