asterisk users - Jul 2004 - Suggestions for 96 tip/ring lines?

Just starting to do the research on this one....I've got a customer who
is showing interest in replacing any older Panasonic unit providing
service to 96 tip/ring lines from a single PRI.  Does anyone have any
recent experience with a decent (as in, plays nice with * and has a
reasonable per-port cost) channel bank or similar?  

Mediatrix only goes up to 24 port, as far as I can tell, which puts me
around 13k of just their hardware.  And it just doesn't seem quite as
carrier class as a traditional channel bank to me.....but I'm just going
on gut feeling here....please feel free to correct me (nicely or not...I
really don't care).

Daryl G. Jurbala
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On Jul 2, 2004, at 9:43 AM, asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com 
wrote:
> Mediatrix only goes up to 24 port, as far as I can tell, which puts me
> around 13k of just their hardware.  And it just doesn't seem quite as
> carrier class as a traditional channel bank to me.....but I'm just 
> going
> on gut feeling here....please feel free to correct me (nicely or 
> not...I
> really don't care).
An Adtran TSU 600 with a Digium T100P will give you 24 channels.

--
Seth "ninja monkey" Mattinen
sethm@rollernet.us

On Friday 02 July 2004 11:50, daryl@introspect.net
wrote:
> Just starting to do the research on this one....I've got a customer who
> is showing interest in replacing any older Panasonic unit providing
> service to 96 tip/ring lines from a single PRI.  Does anyone have any
> recent experience with a decent (as in, plays nice with * and has a
> reasonable per-port cost) channel bank or similar?
Do you mean 96 desk phones with a PRI as the trunk interface (i.e. a maximum 
of 23 calls outside the building, but up to 96 phones in use)?

A TE405P and a pair of Adit600s will give you 96 analog channels.  I'm using
a
T100P and a half-full Adit600 currently and it Just Works.

TE405P is $1500, and a pair of 48-FXS-port Adit600s should run you under $1200 
or so, plus whatever you would pay for Amp D-50 to BIX for the final wiring.

Regards,
Andrew

Actually, if all of the outside lines are full than ca just get a
reorder tone for all it matters....but yes, basically 96 desk stations
is what we're talking about.

Thanks for the pointer.  I'll look into the Adits.  Certainly sounds
like the price is right.

Daryl
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> Andrew Kohlsmith
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[...]
> Do you mean 96 desk phones with a PRI as the trunk interface 
> (i.e. a maximum 
> of 23 calls outside the building, but up to 96 phones in use)?
> 
> A TE405P and a pair of Adit600s will give you 96 analog 
> channels.  I'm using a 
> T100P and a half-full Adit600 currently and it Just Works.
> 
> TE405P is $1500, and a pair of 48-FXS-port Adit600s should 
> run you under $1200 
> or so, plus whatever you would pay for Amp D-50 to BIX for 
> the final wiring.
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