Asterisk or other option?

[Bryan O'Neal]

When looking at a VoIP PBX you need to consider a number of things.
For example what kind of network do you have, do you already have a
clean cat5e or better PoE network or do you need to upgrade / install
equipment or wiring. What kind of hand offs will you be using SIP,
POTS, T1, etc.? Do you currently have latency problems? What kind of
telephony integration are your costumes after? What kind of services
will your PBX need to offer? etc. etc. etc.

As for Asterisks the PBX box can be fairly low grade, a decent desktop
quality box will do. You'll need a card for your hand off and that is
about it. I would recommend using Cisco phones but that is me, others
on this list have way more Asterisks experience.

Personally I went with a proprietary  product (ShoreTel) for my voip
install but we had something like 40 phone and 50 users. For the
smaller office (6 people) we used a hosted solution.
Ah, I miss the days when I had an office ;)

In any case it is a fun project so keep us informed as information
rolls your way :)



On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Kevin Brown <kevin_brown at qwest.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to spec out a PBX or similar system for a startup company. The
> requirements for such a system would be 10-15 phones (either analog or
> digital phones), 1 or 2 fax lines (obviously analog) and voicemail for same,
> as well as the recommended link to the outside world. Mostly I'm trying to
> figure out about how much this would cost with setup as part of a
> presentation. Unfortunately I can't give out a whole lot of information as I
> haven't been able to get any of my questions answered (this was dumped on me
> today and wanted by Wed. morning along with servers, switches, Internet
> access, etc...).
>
> Not looking for sales pitches, but wouldn't object to responses from local
> vendors, heheh.
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