Steven, Could you provide more information regarding the tmobile adapater you used? A link perhapse?
Thanks, Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Need Reference sites > We have implemented asterisk. > > We are a tier one automotive tooling supplier. > > We have approx. 120 extensions in use plus 8 fax extensions. > > We also have a two port cell phone adapter so when we call out T-Mobile > phone, we are using the free (included) T-mobile to T-mobile minutes. > > We have also added an IAX2 activeX control to our website, so that people > can call us for free. > This was originally added for overseas JVs to call us without cost. > > Notes for cost savings: > > We kept the main panel (was a 3 panel system) of our old PBX to use for > its analog extensions for faxing. > This lets us keep our fax lines as TDM, so there are no fax over IP > issues. > We use a PRI cable to connect the asterisk and old PBX. > We used Citel digital extension converters to reuse our old NEC phones as > SIP extensions. > This made our phone costs one third of what it would cost to buy new IP > phones. > The negative here is that we still have to maintain our two wire > extension cables. > > We did this change mostly for the feature set. > We do have a few IP phones (wireless and wired) for areas of our shop that > did not have two wire phone lines. > > We currently have consolidated down to one building, but when we next > expand, a VOIP phone system will really shine in its cost savings. > > I did this all myself. It was not too difficult once you get into it. > > We started off by dropping the asterisk server between the Telco and old > PBX using PRI. > We then converted over to asterisk's voice mail, CDR and conferencing > (web-meetme). > We ran like this for a few months with only my extension on the new > system. (for testing and adding features) > We had a catch-all rule in asterisk where all _5XXX calls were forwarded > to the old PBX. > > When we started the rollout: > We just defined the extension in asterisk so inbound calls would stay in > asterisk and go to the new extension. > We removed the extension number from the old PBX, so calls to the > extension from the old PBX would be dialed as an outside call and go to > asterisk. > This allowed us to take our time rolling out the new system. We moved > maybe 1 or 2 extensions a day and could do it during work hours. > > Our total purchased cost was $9000. > I did not track my time exclusive to this project, so I do not have a > dollar figure for it. > Much of this time was fun for me though. > I actually had to change the source code (I am not a programmer and do not > know how to write C, but I can read and alter code OK). > Our old PBX would hang up if we tried to send callerID. Our telco at the > time was sending only the number, but asterisk was send number and name. > I added a config option to allow for this and it was added to the source > code at Digium. > Now we have changed Telcos and we have name and number in asterisk and > only number at the fax machines, which is fine. > > At this point, we are running asterisk with no source code changes. (this > makes upgrades easier) > > I hope this helps. > > -- > -- > Steven > > http://www.glimasoutheast.org > > > > "Michael Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Hi, >> I'am comparative newbie to the world of Asterisk. I'd like to >> introduce an Asterisk based PBX into my company but need to convince my >> executive of it's worthiness. I need some reference sites to quote in my >> discussion, preferably well known companies of course. I have surfed the >> net but not come up with anything of note, if anyone can help it would >> be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, Mike D. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --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 >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --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 > _______________________________________________ --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
