> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Wolf Paul > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 6:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Benjk's Question "Why FXS" > > How about a school strapped for cash, with around 60 POTS phones on > hand and an almost free source of another 60? Versus a cost (here in > Austria) of $99 for the cheapest VoIP phone (the cheapest Grandstream > model). Of course that also means that FXS is only of interest if > I can get it for under around $50-60/port -- if things cost more it > becomes easier to argue early replacement of these POTS > phones by IP phones. > >
I may be wrong, but from what I've seen so far, an FXS port will run you about $100/port anyway, plus the cost of the analog device. At this price, I can't see any reason not to dump the analog and go with a cheap VOIP device. Even the lowest end (i.e. Grandstream) will give you more functionality than most analog phones at the same price. Now if you have a source for cheap or free channel banks, that's another story. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
