Asterisk or other option?

[Bryan O'Neal]

If you are moving to analog phones it works the same way. If your
using SIP phones it is all over IP so you just plug the RJ45 into the
phone, into the wall, which runs to your switch and your PBX plugs
into the switch. Easy as pie :)

I too recommend separating your data and voice network. With your size
just grab a 24 port PoE switch for the voice network and another (non
PoE) for data. A high quality network will have a fat packet stream
(number not size) of no more then 35ms. and about 125kbs per channel
so if you are wiring your own office and have a t1 hand off (PRI /W
discreet channels not media switched) then you will be golden, but
that is way over kill for 15 people. So you may want to do 5 or so
POTS lines.

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Kevin Brown <kevin_brown at qwest.net> wrote:
> Got a bit of info via email (gotta remember to not bother asking the boss as
> he won't give up anything).
>
>> 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.
>
> Given that we are turning a massive amount of open space into new areas
> (converting a class 10,000 cleanroom to a class 10,000 greyspace, a class
> 100 cleanroom, offices and other storage) which means new walls and cables
> pulled, I can request what I want (doesn't mean they'll do it).
>
> I'd prefer something more than POTS so that we don't have a lot of lines
> running from the curb to the building. Last job I had where I did the phones
> (6+ years ago) used a T1 to each site with an Avaya PBX system. I don't mind
> if the internal network does VOIP, but I don't have good experience with
> them in terms of quality (thick accents are made almost unintelligible to
> myself and others in the lab) over network connections.
>
>> 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.
>
> I've looked at some of the info provided on some sites (like
> http://www.rhinoequipment.com/). I see that there are PCI cards for driving
> the external lines, but I'm not sure how the system would be linked over to
> the cables inside the building. The old Avaya system had a board that was
> wired out to a patch panel for punching down twisted pair connections (which
> were carried out through the building in CAT5e wiring).
>
>> 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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