RE: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Andrew Thompson
Mike Wagner wrote: Is there any reccomendations as to how I might set this up??? Keep in mind that I know next to nothing about pbx's and phone systems. What is your asterisk knowledge level? Have you set it up in your home/office? Have you fiddled with meetme, call parking, call

RE: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Bisker, Scott (7805)
First , you need to see what your insurance policy covered. If it covered replacement, then the easist thing for you to do is make the claim and replace your old pbx through a local service provider(asterisk or not). Second if you know next to nothing about pbx's and phone, then the time it

Re: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Steve Totaro
It sounds like you probably had a fractional t-1 with 3 DIDs (probably more that you didnt use). Did your data also go through this pipe? Get a copy of your bill from the phone company. Get a decent server. The beefier and more redundant the better. Get a single span t-1 card. As soon as you

Re: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Roger Gulbranson
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 09:34, Mike Wagner wrote: Hi All, We recently had an old office building burn down. The office housed maybe 20-30 people. Only about 10 or so of those had their own extensions. We had a standard pbx from an area communications company, and I'm not quite sure

RE: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Jay Milk
Mike, My requirements were similar -- a small-scale, fully featured PBX. If you have a reliable, high-speed internet connection in the new building (business-class DSL or better, full-T1), you may want to go with all-digital phone lines. For your extensions you could either use IP-Phones (from

Re: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Jason Williams
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:09:42 -0400, Andrew Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Wagner wrote: Is there any reccomendations as to how I might set this up??? Keep in mind that I know next to nothing about pbx's and phone systems. What is your asterisk knowledge level? I suggest you

Re: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Mike Wagner
That's all extremely way over my head. I have no pbx knowledge at all... and we're a small organization, so we can't afford to buy the modem cards just to test it out. Guess I'm going to have to do some reading. I don't want a VOIP based solution. We'd like to get numbers through the phone

RE: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread Nik Martin
Bisker, Scott (7805) wrote: Depending on your familiarity with linux, the learning curve could be steep and prove frustrating considering everything else you'll be dealing with (new network infrastructure, new computers, new servers, new telco/data circuits). Less expensive components does

Re: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread William Suffill
Even to interface analog lines with asterisk you'd need hardware too which perhaps will put it out of the reach of your small organization. $100 for a x100p (a analog port for asterisk) On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:27:38 -0400, Mike Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's all extremely way over my

Re: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help

2004-07-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike, Also note that the wiki and google might also yield BAD/Wrong/not necessarily the way to do it, answers, so do not stop with the first one you find addressing your particular problem. Chances are if its a bad answer, someone will come in screaming a few posts later and rectify the