On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Chris Bagnall <aster...@lists.minotaur.cc> wrote: > On 25/10/12 9:49 pm, Justin Killen wrote: >> >> What would be the advantage of using 100 single units vs. just buying VoIP >> phones? That doesn't seem very cost effective to me in the long run. > > > In older buildings with existing single pair cabling, there might not be a > great deal of choice. > > We were faced with a similar scenario at a hotel in Lincolnshire a few > months ago - listed building, lots of old pre-ethernet cable, no likelihood > of being able to replace the cable. > > In answer to the OP, I concur with suggestions for 24-port channel banks - > you really don't want one or two devices responsible for all 100 extensions. > I would not encourage individual SPA or PAP units - it'd be an administative > (and cabling) nightmare - it's bad enough with a dozen of the things. > > Kind regards, > > Chris > -- > This email is made from 100% recycled electrons >
Wow, single pair? never came across that before. You can run 10bastT on CAT3. The worst I have found where Amphenol cables, one per station. Not really bad since it is a 25 pair cable. Thanks, Steve T -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users