Asterisk or other option?

[JD Austin]

These two books will help you climb the learning curve:
Asterisk the future of telephony: http://astbook.asteriskdocs.org/
Without Tears books:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/bsharif/contributions.htm
There is some helpful stuff here too: http://nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=216

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 22:46, 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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