[K12OSN] phone system

[John G. Ruff]

It would appear that the clock on your email client system is 10 days
fast.  :-)

jr


On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 10:30 -0700, Huck wrote:
> 66-block of phone pairs? or 66 unique ip's?
> digium makes a card that handles 24 pair of POTS line..
> and full T1's...etc..
> 
> fonality's system, it turnkey...the only advantage I see...
> you can get a much beefier server with you'll need for more than 5 
> clients(their base $999 system is good for about 5 concurrent)...
> like I said in the earlier post...Asterisk at Home is a simple 
> solution..and you can customize it from there...the web interface makes 
> configuration of trunks/extensions and all that jazz very easy..
> 
> --Huck
> 
> Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
> > I have a 66-block coming into a new extension campus. What kind of card
> > would I need to receive that sort of traffic since they aren't broken up
> > into physically separate lines? I could pay them extra to break it down,
> > but it seems rather silly to do so.
> > 
> > I agree that fonality, while having a nice system, seems awfully
> > expensive as you add more and more to the quote. I was thinking about
> > just pushing this out to a contractor, but I'm kinda interested in VoIP
> > and this small size might be a good start.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > JSR/
> > 
> > Josiah S. Ritchie
> > System and Database Administrator
> > P: 301-552-1400 ext 1241 | F: 301-552-2775
> >  
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
> >> Behalf Of Huck
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:28 AM
> >> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> >> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] phone system
> >>
> >> Fonality has a nice easy solution...although they rape you on the
> >> server...$1k for the hardware they provide..blah..but their product
> >> really is nice...and comes with support if you purchase...
> >>
> >> They've taken Asterisk and put together a nice interface and they
> > handle
> >> all updates on the server if you purchase the support from them.
> >>
> >> Setting up Asterisk yourself is not rocket science by any
> >> means...Asterisk at Home actually is a fairly simple solution for
> >> VOIP...and you can use desktops with a free application as the
> >> phone...with just a headset/mic combo deal. Or get a SIP phone that
> >> bridges the network connection through the phone...but you'll want to
> >> put QoS on your network so VoiP traffice has priority.
> >>
> >> --Huck
> > 
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