Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Sorry for this. This is most likely a HOWTO or FAQ question, but > it's so much information and documentation to wade through so > I hope someone could take a minute to answer anyway. > > If not, no worries. I'll get to it sooner or later :) > > > I'm trying to understand what Asterisk actually is and the basic > workings... I think I've understand what I need to get going, > except one thing. > > How do I connect to a 'normal' (i.e. analog) telephone? That is, > if my company/project have 100% IP telephony, but one of these > phones need to call a analog telephone in another company (or > if I need to call home for any reason :). What do I need from > the 'phone company'? And what hardware? > > You need something to interconnect to your telco, this can be done on different ways:
- you can take a voip provider and not buy any hardware. - you can use a TDM card and connect to a classic analog telephone line. (1 simultaneous call per port) - you can use a BRI card and connect to a classic isdn line (You get 2 lines per port this case) If you need more capacity, (more than 2 simultaneous channels), just think PRI or PRA or E1 as one and the same thing. (30 simultaneous calls per port). Zoa. > This is Sweden with Telia as provider if that matters. > > > DISCLAIMER1: I've read about BRI, PRI, E1/T1 etc, but the reason > I'm all confused is that they (Telia) don't seem to > understand the question, and also claims that a > PRI == E1. > DISCLAIMER2: I've seen the Digium cards, but due to confusion with > Telia, I'm not sure if I want/need a Digital or an > Analog card... And 'how big'... > > _______________________________________________ > > Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users