I would be seriously wary of putting a DS3's worth of voice traffic on a TNT. I don't believe they are rated to handle that much voice. The APX1000 would be a much better platform, but I don't know if you can find one used.
Stephen > -----Original Message----- > From: Ernest W. Lessenger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Port density: DS3 cards? > > At 02:34 PM 12/4/2003, you wrote: > >However, considering the traffic volumes that you are talking about, is > it > >really true to say that the traditional telco cards are astronomically > >priced, given the amount of revenue that can be generated per month on a > >DS3? > > Eight quad-span T-1 cards from Digium: $8,970 > Three reasonable-quality asterisk servers: $1,000 > One T-1/DS-3 MUX: $5000 > > Total system cost: $14,970 > > That actually sounds quite reasonable to me. However, if I were doing this > myself I would look hard at getting a MAX TNT with VoIP capability off > eBay. The price would be equivalent or less, the interface would be more > complicated, but all the DSP would be done by the MAX. > > --Ernest > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users