Michael Rowley wrote: > Hey, > > Here is a quesion for you. I am still battling with the phone system > for my new buisiness. > > 6 incoming lines, 1 fax, DSL. 8 phones max, will provably start with > 5 > to save money. > > I was thinking of using Asterisk, but having difficulty finding > appropriate buisiness phones. The Mitel 5055 is the best one I have > found, but the price seems to be about 400$ per phone. $2K, plus a > 500$ server, then how to get the 6 B1(pots) lines into it. > > I had thought of using a channel bank, but what a pain in the ass that > is becoming. For one, they are expensive, and I then have to buy the > T1 card for the phone server. I though, why not go with an FXO card. > I wish there was an X400P card with 4 ports on it, but, que sera. I > can get them for 100$ apiece, or $50 for the knock offs on ebay, but > that means 6 pci slots. Not easy, I could use one of the pci extender > boxes, but now I am worried about conflicts. Or dialogic analog 4 or > 12 port cards for about 1500 to 1800$. :( This is getting expensive. > Part of the idea was to save some money. The other part was to use > open software as much as possible, and support the FOSS community > where > ever possible. > > Here comes the question, wait for it :) > > Has anyone had success with the dialogic 4 port cards, running 2 of > them in a server with * in a buisiness environment as stated above. > > I am begining to think that I may be better off just going with a > proprietary system and cough up the 6K and get it over with. There > are a couple of solutions that will share the cat5 cable, that's > something. > > Any ideas? Suggestions? Does anyone know of a solution provider out > there who will be able to set this up for me for the 6K the phone > system is going to cost me anyway? > > > Michael Rowley MD > FP > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
I would use this: 5XCisco 7940 = $1400-1500) 2XEriccson G4 = $900 (this will give you 8 incoming lines) 1XAsterisk server = $500 (I am using your estimate here) TOTAL = $2800 - $2900 OR 3XSipura SPA 2000 = �300 (Giving you 6 ports for your handsets) 5XAnalog handsets = $300+ (Allowing $60 per handset, but could be more or even less :)) 2XEriccson G4 = $900 (Same as above) 1XAsterisk server = $500 (Same as above) TOTAL = $2000+ _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
