Hello all, Like many of you I'm sure have done, I'd like to build an * box at home for testing/educational purposes (and to eventually have one killer fancy schmancy phone system for my SOHO). If I have two standard phone lines in my house, what is the cheapest hardware solution to interface them with *? Thanks! Kris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20031209/43119489/attachment.htm
I would get one of the X100P TDM400P combos from Digium. http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=developerskit_tdm If you've already got the computer, you've got yourself a nice phone switch. Tim Thompson CPE Manager http://www.amatechtel.com (806) 722-2227 -----Original Message----- From: Kris Edwards [mailto:edwardskris@qwest.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:19 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cheap Learning Environment Hello all, Like many of you I'm sure have done, I'd like to build an * box at home for testing/educational purposes (and to eventually have one killer fancy schmancy phone system for my SOHO). If I have two standard phone lines in my house, what is the cheapest hardware solution to interface them with *? Thanks! Kris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20031209/99d89ca3/attachment.htm
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 05:18, Kris Edwards wrote:> Hello all, > > Like many of you I'm sure have done, I'd like to build an * box at > home for testing/educational purposes (and to eventually have one > killer fancy schmancy phone system for my SOHO). > > If I have two standard phone lines in my house, what is the > cheapest hardware solution to interface them with *?You'll need two X100Ps to interface with the external phone lines. You will also probably need a TDM400P with at least 1 module installed, unless you plan to use your system only as an answering machine (i.e. no place to connect a telephone handset). That will run you $325-$505, depending on how many handset modules you buy. At the upper end, it's fairly close to the price of a T100P plus a fleabay channel bank (which can be had for $75-$150). With such an arrangement, you can have many more telephone handsets. You'd still need to make sure that you got a channel bank with FXO ports, otherwise you'd still need the X100Ps ($200) for the two lines coming into your house. -Tilghman