One of our pre-built systems for what you want...... Let me say I do not recommend fax through asterisk people do it I would say it's your hair. All of this is based on prices in our online store: Ceros (Pre installed asterisk server) $1099.00 24 port Base card $280 3 FXO Modules (6 channels) for the base card (handles lines from the telco) $375 2 FXS Modules (4 Channels) (used for your handsets you can connect any telephone you can plug in to the wall) $220 The has the ability to expand to 14 aditional FXO or FXS channels if needed in sets of 2 channels. total price for the above described is $1974.00 This setup has alot of expansion room so it would grow as needed. Feel free to contact me off list with any questions. James Finstrom Rhino Equipment Corp. http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment IP: guest@asterisk.rhinoequipment.com On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM, keith smith wrote: > > > Okay, all this sounds really cool. What would it cost a small business to > set one of these up? > > Say a simple 2 inbound lines, 2 outbound lines, and a fax. 3 or 4 simple > handsets (What kind of handsets do you use?) cost? > > Is this strictly VOIP? VOIP has shown to have lower quality the few times > I have been exposed to it. > > My point of reference is 1992 or 1993 when one would buy an ATT or one of > the many other small business phone switches for maybe $3,000 - $5,000. > > Also someone mentioned buying a trunk. What is the number of lines? > > I get the feeling I'm looking at this through 15 year old technology and > things have changes significantly. For instance I worked at a place that > had a trunk of about 100 lines as I recall. > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > > > > --- On *Tue, 1/20/09, Lisa Kachold * wrote: > > From: Lisa Kachold > Subject: RE: GrandCentral via Asterisk > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 9:15 AM > > > Yes, I agree with jd@twingeckos.com: > > I have been a Stromberg Carlson Central Office DCO Technician, Senior > Voice/Data Network Analyst for Nike, VOIP Engineer for > AffinityVoipTelecom.com and Support Engineer Manager for RhinoEquipment.com > > Asterisk can do a great deal all based on the configuration files in > /etc/asterisk. > Fonality does not have deep technical support, rather providing cost based > services and failing to fix breakage. > Since there are so many different applications of Asterisk, Trixbox, > FreePBX this is a good place for profit for the entrepreneur. > Compiled sources is a better solution, obviously. > FreePBX is the magic behind the solution allowing a GUI to setup most of > the user applications, testing and CMS. > > All asterisk VOIP products can be a huge security issue, but the spyware > was especially shameful. > > This solution with PBXInAFlash is an EASY solution that will be able to > provide a fine dialaround, voicemail, record all calls, Unlimited calls to > home (from Cell provider) for dial around to get unlimited cell minutes from > SIP trunk line, CMS, click to fax from Windows, etc. > > You can configure your autoattendant, provide even an outside line with a > password, get a nice SIP signature for your email. Call sip people, put a > few VOIP Clients on your linux boxes and a nice hunt group (try grandstream > ATA in bathroom, then call my Linux desktop, then my laptop. then my office > phone, finally my cell phone) for any incoming call. You can setup a > DialAVOIP Technician line? DialAClownJoke would be nice on the main menu? > Setup record all calls, then GabCast call to Cox Cable, or your Senator, or > Bank in comedic ways? > > www.Obnosis.com | http://wiki.obnosis.com | http://hackfest.obnosis.com(503)754-4452 > PLUG HACKFESTS - http://uat.edu Second Saturday of Each Month Noon - 3PM > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:35:07 -0700 > Subject: Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk > From: jd@twingeckos.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > The main reason I recommend PBXInAFlash over Trixbox is that > 1. After the famous root exploit pre-installed spyware incident I don't > trust Fonality. > 2. They have a long history of delivering broken installs but have been > getting better in the last year or so. > 3. They say they're an open source project but don't really act like one. > 4. Trixbox is RPM based , and PBXInAFlash uses Centos 5 but compiles all of > the asterisk components from source (which is what you have to do most of > the time to fix Trixbox). > 5. Unlike a lot of other distributions PBXInAFlash doesn't try to hide that > FreePBX is doing all of he real magic that those distributions taking credit > for. > 6. PBXInAFlash works reliably and doesn't have everything under the sun > thrown in that you don't need. > > That said, Kerry Garrison's tutorials are pretty good. > In either case if you want to learn start here: > http://dumbme.mbit.com.au/ > http://dumbme.mbit.com.au/piaf/piaf_without_tears.pdf > http://dumbme.mbit.com.au/trixbox2/trixbox2_without_tears.pdf > > JD > -- > JD Austin > Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC > jd@twingeckos.com > 480.288.8195x201 > http://www.twingeckos.com > > > Emo Philips - "I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the > exterminator." > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > Yea Howdy! > > Trixbox ala Kerry Garrison is a really easy PBX setup (complete with > everything you need for an AutoAttendant, Voicemail, Fax, CMS, dial around > and through apps) that installs from an ISO: > http://www.trixbox.org/downloads > > Kerry Garrison offers easy to follow videos here: asterisktutorials.com - > search for trixbox. > > Simple setup How-Tos exist at voip-info.org > > Course you can get a fine PSTN SIP trunk from axvoice.com for $9.99 a > month *or* buy FX0 cards for a phone line (or lines). > > You can buy a drop and dial asterisk based configuration from Jim Rhodes > over at Rhinoequipment.com. > > I think my name is still on some of the bash scripts for the Trixbox 2.0 > release from contributions? > > www.Obnosis.com | http://wiki.obnosis.com | http://hackfest.obnosis.com(503)754-4452 > PLUG HACKFESTS - http://uat.edu Second Saturday of Each Month Noon - 3PM > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:19:24 -0700 > Subject: Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk > From: jd@twingeckos.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > Asterisk is the engine that enables pstn/voip connectivity (think linux > kernel). > Asterisk when bundled with other open source software can do all the things > GrandCentral does and more provided you give it the connectivity it needs to > do so (PSTN or voip). A good place to start is with PBXInAFlash ( > pbxinaflash.org). > > JD > -- > JD Austin > Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC > jd@twingeckos.com > 480.288.8195x201 > http://www.twingeckos.com > > > Katharine Hepburn - "Death will be a great relief. No more interviews." > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Kurt Granroth < > kurt+plug-discuss@granroth.com> wrote: > > I know that there are some people on this list that use Asterisk a > decent bit. Those that do... are you familiar with GrandCentral? If > so, how do they compare? > > http://www.grandcentral.com/home/features > > I really like the control that something like GrandCentral gives you. > The ability to choose where you receive a call (home, cell, work, etc) > based on who is calling or when they are calling is a killer feature for > me. > > Alas, there are just too many potential gotchas with that service to > really commit to it other than as a play-thing (or as a number passed > out freely to businesses and warranty cards and the like). What I would > like is that kind of control... but in a way that *I* control it all! > > So no calls being routed through a 3rd party server; no voicemails > stored on their server; no need to upload all of my contacts to a search > company; etc. > > Asterisk seems like it might be able to do all that... but who can tell? > Their site is horribly disorganized and when you do find a "feature" > page, they spend all their time in an acronym frenzy. > > So... does anybody know? > > Kurt > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. 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