So put 2 garage sale PC's at the tower. :-) On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm not suggesting you need a high end machine but rather you need to make > sure that box is working. When it comes to someones phone calls the last > thing I want to be the case is the garage sale PC at the tower has a > hardware problem. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue > that counts.” > --- Winston Churchill > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Jayson Baker <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > True. But it doesn't take much. We have a bunch of P4 2.4GHz/1GB RAM > > machines that are "old" by todays standards, but run Asterisk just fine > > with > > never more than about 10% CPU load during peak hours. > > As long as you don't transcode, you could even run it on a Linksys WRT54G > > router with Linux flashed. > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Josh Luthman > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > The software costs nothing but you have to pay for that hardware. Then > > > maintain it. > > > > > > Josh Luthman > > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > > 1100 Wayne St > > > Suite 1337 > > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to > > continue > > > that counts.” > > > --- Winston Churchill > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Jayson Baker <[email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > PRI is something like $600/mo. On one particularly busy site we have > > > about > > > > 200 users on it, and never seen it go above 12 active channels. > > > > > > > > The ATA connects to the antenna. In our case, most are UBNT units. > > The > > > > UBNT does PPPoE and NAT for the customer, but VLAN 999 is passed > > straight > > > > through. The ATA picks this up and bridges the rest. VoIP switch at > > the > > > > tower is on VLAN 999, so the ATA gets it's IP from the switch and > > > connects > > > > directly to it without any routers. > > > > > > > > Use something like Trix if you think Asterisk is too much work. > > Cost... > > > I > > > > don't know... we downloaded Asterisk for free, so it didn't cost us > > > > anything. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Josh Luthman > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > How much is a PRI for each tower? > > > > > > > > > > What is the ATA connecting to? > > > > > > > > > > I've tried Asterisk and there is absolutely no comparison versus my > > > > current > > > > > platform in simplicity. Way too much work and cost in my > opinion... > > > > > > > > > > Josh Luthman > > > > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > > > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > > > > 1100 Wayne St > > > > > Suite 1337 > > > > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > > > > > “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to > > > > continue > > > > > that counts.” > > > > > --- Winston Churchill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Jayson Baker < > > [email protected] > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Roll you own. > > > > > > > > > > > > We have PRI's at our tower sites (at least the primary sites), > and > > > > > > redundant > > > > > > Asterisk switches. > > > > > > > > > > > > The switches have a VLAN, which is common throughout the entire > > > network > > > > > > down > > > > > > to the ATA/IP Phone. > > > > > > > > > > > > VoIP doesn't touch any router. The ATA at customers house is on > > the > > > > same > > > > > > VLAN as the switch, so no NAT issues or anything. > > > > > > > > > > > > Because switch is at the tower, it's only the last mile of QoS we > > > have > > > > to > > > > > > worry about. > > > > > > > > > > > > We've done it many different ways--started out wholesaling, > > > rebranding, > > > > > > etc. > > > > > > So far this has been the simpliest and best-working solution > yet. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Kevin Sullivan > > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > We'd like to start offering VoIP to our wireless customers, and > > > we've > > > > > > taken > > > > > > > a look at a couple of packaged soultions like NetSapiens. What > is > > > > > > everyone > > > > > > > else using? 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