[K12OSN] phone system

[Huck]

yeah..I was testing some grading software that required my computer to 
be in a valid date range for ACTUAL school days...*grumble* thanks for 
the reminder ;)

--Huck

John G. Ruff wrote:
> 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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