Hello,
I'm planning to convert my phone system to Asterisk, as I've outgrown my
TalkSwitch system. I have a few questions for experienced * users, most
of which can be answered yes/no.
Current Setup:
- Talkswitch 48NLS (4CO/8Ext) phone system.
- One CO line, two Vonage lines, one Voicepulse line connected to phone
system
- A third Vonage line directly connected to a fax machine
- A sipgate.de line connected through Port#2 of VoicePulse's Sipura to a
stand-alone phone.
Getting VoicePulse (recently) and finding sipgate.de pushed me over the
4-line limit of the Talkswitch PBX, plus there are some shortcomings to
Talkswitch which I could, but don't want to live with.
To get my CO and SIP lines connected I can:
1. Use a voice-modem as FXO?
2. Use a Digium X100P? What's the advantage over using a voice-modem?
3. Set up * as a SIP client for VoicePulse and sipgate.de. I could add
lines via broadvoice.com and FWD? And if I'm REALLY lucky, I could even
convince Vonage to allow open access and connect directly?
4. Is anyone running an ATA186 into an FXO device? Sound-quality?
Are there multi-FXO cards, because I'm afraid I'll be running out of PCI
slots.
To get my extensions connected, I can:
1. Use a Digium TDM400P?
2. Use one ore more Sipuras?
3. Use any Software IP Phone?
4. Use any Hardware IP Phone?
TDM400P cost $75/port, while the Sipuras are only $50/port. Is there an
advantage to using the Digium?
Now once everything connected, it'll probably take me a while to get
things configured. I assume that I can do pretty much anything I want,
just as long as I have access to the sources. Can I:
1. Set up auto-attendants based on the incoming phone line? Based on id
of the caller?
2. Set up least-cost call routing?
3. Have integrated dialing plans, such as --
1 xxx yyy nnnn = call outside line
011 .... = call internationally
* xxx = call extension xxx
# 4 xxx yyy nnnn = call using outside line #4
911 = call 911 using actual landline
(My wife needs to be able to use this too)
>From some of your who have set up and are maintaining * PBXs, how
difficult is it to get started for someone who doesn't do linux 8 hours
a day (I'm a PC guy, but am maintaining a dedicated linux server for
webhosting).
What's the preferred linux distro for running Asterisk? I have RH8 and
RH9 here.
I think that's all -- thanks in advance for your help & answers!
-- Jay
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