Also, you only need a bunch of FXS cards if you're connecting a bunch of POTS handsets directly to the PBX. You could switch to any number of VoIP providers so that inbound calls are over a cable modem, so now your home phone wiring is left for you to play with--it's just a bus topology. And remember that with most of these VoIP providers, they toss in the cable modem and/or a little linksys adapter with the plan.
-CMP On 4/3/06, Cristobal Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can get one analog interface card from digium that has four ports: > > http://www.digium.com/en/wheretobuy/digiumdirect/productview.php?category_id=17&product_code=RTDM11B > > The kit I link to above is $241 and includes the card, an FXS module > and an FXO module (among other things). Additional FXO cards would run > you $85 each. What were you referring to that runs $100 each? > > You could use the card in a PC you already have or build a low-end PC > from spare parts or new parts for < $300. > > Why do you have to lose the intercom? What kind of wiring is that on? > > Good luck with your new system, whatever you go with. > > Peace, > CMP > > On 4/3/06, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I woke up this morning to my wife telling me that our phone system > > seems to be dead. > > > > We've got a Panasonic TA-624 system at the house. It seems to have > > reacted badly to last night's storm. It did this once before, and I > > had to reset it and reprogram it. This time, it doesn't even seem to > > want to power up. It's strange because it's well protected both with > > a whole house surge protector on the meter, and with a phone line > > protector. Nothing else in the house seems to have been affected, > > including a wireless phone which is in parallel with the Panasonic > > system behind the same phone line surge suppressor. That seems like > > it would make it hard to pursue as an insurance issue, either with the > > homeowners policy, or with the insurance provided by Wake Electric > > with the whole house protection. > > > > So I'm faced with fixing this system, or replacing it with an asterisk box. > > > > Of course my preference would be asterisk, new toy, more > > programmability, configuration backup, etc. etc. The main concern is > > cost. Right now, the Panasonic system has capability for 4 (or it > > might be 8) incoming PSTN lines, although I'm only using 1 at the > > moment, and 16 internal lines, of which we are using 12 if I'm > > counting correctly. We've also got 8 proprietary Panasonic phones, > > which would be useless in an Asterisk system. Of course basic phones > > these days are pretty cheap. We'd be losing some of the function > > though like intercom and station buttons and indicators, which is > > somewhat troublesome. > > > > But that seems to be adding up to quite a few FXS cards, and a lot of > > money. Some of these extensions might be paired to save the need for > > quite so many ports, but... > > > > Unfortunately, the budget is going to be pretty slim for this. Are > > there reasonable alternatives? I've also looked at things like the > > Digium IAXy which would be nice from a wiring point of view (all of > > our internal phone lines are Cat-5 running back to a pair of Home > > Director structured wiring boxes). But $100 a pop, is too painful to > > consider. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > -- > > Rick DeNatale > > > > Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site > > http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/ > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > -- > > Cristobal M. Palmer > UNC-CH SILS Student > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer > "Television-free since 2003" > -- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer "Television-free since 2003"
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