Hello All, Iâm on the technology committee for a fraternity at the University of Illinois. Weâre looking into moving from our current âparty lineâ (one line shared between every two rooms) system to a PBX with voicemail in an effort to lower our monthly phone bill and provide better communication services. Weâve pretty much settled on Asterisk as we do not wish to rewire all of our pots lines and canât justify $19,000 for Cisco Call Manager. We do not have many incoming/outgoing calls because most people are using their cell phones, but we do have to provide local service for 41 rooms, plus common areas and possibly remote users.
Right now our setup is looking as follows: 12 ch T1 with 60 or 80 DIDâs (using Digium T100P) P4 2.8/3 GHz Server (possibly a Dell 750, only running Asterisk) 41 Sipura ATAâs (SPA-1001) 3 Cisco 7960âs (in common areas, mostly to look good, but also to provide directory info) Our usage/requirements are as follows: Callers to main number will be greeted with IVR providing directory general announcements Members assigned one of DID numbers which will follow them their entire time living in, calls to DID numbers go strait through Voicemail for all users, as well as several general mailboxes Call groups based on committees (philanthropy, exec, alumni relations, etc) Call forwarding (only to internal extensions) Overhead paging/intercom Possible remote extensions for members living out of house (using 7960/40âs) Management/configuration through our current portal system (web based, most likely weâll write this from scratch as we have pretty specific uses) Possible wake-up call scheduling Possible configuration from database already storing member information Future long distance service to Chicago area through collocation or similar I would greatly appreciate any input as to specific configurations, things to watch out for and consider, and any other useful information. Will our equipment selections work well with Asterisk? Will there be any compatibility issues with the T100P and the T1 from SBC? And what kind of reliability can we expect from this setup? Also if anyone has a setup similar to this please let me know how it worked out. We will most likely publish a case study, specific configuration guide, and extensive documentation after we finish implementation, as other fraternities and sororities on campus have also expressed interest in our approach to IT management. Thanks in advance for any help, Bill Lattner
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