My employer is switching to a new T1 supplier (it was AT&T, we are now going with XO), and sometime in the future we want to replace our PBX with an Asterisk system. What do I need to know to make sure the T1 line is "provisioned" (is that the right term?) correctly for a Digium T100P/TE410P/TE405P? They will split the T1 line into 10 channels of voice and 14 channels of data. From what I understand, they will terminate the T1 into a channel bank, and then from that give is 10 POTS phone jacks and one data port (to go to an Adtran router for our Internet access). Any comments and/or suggestions? Scott
niles@atheos.net
2004-Nov-03 15:40 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] What do I need to ask my T1 supplier?
On Nov 3, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Scott Nelson wrote:> My employer is switching to a new T1 supplier (it was AT&T, we are now > going > with XO), and sometime in the future we want to replace our PBX with an > Asterisk system. > > What do I need to know to make sure the T1 line is "provisioned" (is > that the > right term?) correctly for a Digium T100P/TE410P/TE405P? > > They will split the T1 line into 10 channels of voice and 14 channels > of data. > From what I understand, they will terminate the T1 into a channel > bank, and > then from that give is 10 POTS phone jacks and one data port (to go to > an > Adtran router for our Internet access). > > Any comments and/or suggestions? > > Scott > _______________________________________________Scott, you can skip the channel bank & router, and use asterisk with a T100P to serve your data & voice. You can find all the info you need on the Wiki http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php? page=Asterisk%20Data%20Configuration I use this setup for 11 voice channels and 256K of data from Nuvox. Niles
>They will split the T1 line into 10 channels of voice and 14 channels ofdata.>From what I understand, they will terminate the T1 into a channel bank, and >then from that give is 10 POTS phone jacks and one data port (to go to an >Adtran router for our Internet access).>Any comments and/or suggestions?what would be realy nice from them is to present those 10 voice channels as not POTS but as the first 10 channels of a pri t1 net interface ie a fractional t1 voice and skip the a/d nonsense I know an adit 600 with a router & t1 cards can do that for you
I know we have sold XO integrated access voice /data to customers that used PRI interfaces on their PBX, so you should be able to order the voice provisioned as follows; ISDN/PRI NI-2 (national ISDN 2)Format (ATT 5ESS Will also work) Transmit at least 4 numbers on DID Order a block of DID numbers on the circuit large enough to assign one to every extension plus some extras for future (request a contiguous block of numbers) B8ZS coding ESF Framing Their channel bank should hand off Ethernet for data and PRI for voice, not POTS. Interface with * using a single span T1 Digium card (T100P?). You will need to replace FXO interfaces you have them. The digital signaling and DID are features you want to have. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Scott Nelson Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:32 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] What do I need to ask my T1 supplier? My employer is switching to a new T1 supplier (it was AT&T, we are now going with XO), and sometime in the future we want to replace our PBX with an Asterisk system. What do I need to know to make sure the T1 line is "provisioned" (is that the right term?) correctly for a Digium T100P/TE410P/TE405P? They will split the T1 line into 10 channels of voice and 14 channels of data.>From what I understand, they will terminate the T1 into a channel bank,and then from that give is 10 POTS phone jacks and one data port (to go to an Adtran router for our Internet access). Any comments and/or suggestions? Scott _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users