asterisk users - Oct 2005 - Seeking Asterisk Solution For mid sized corp.

Hey Guys,

 

            I have a new task to tackle. I need to make asterisk save me as
much $$$ From Ma Bell As possible. Here is the Scenario. I have 50
storefronts throughout the state of Michigan. Each location has 2 voice
lines in a hunt group and a FAX Line with DSL on it. I also have a large
Asterisk Box here at the corporate office Currently with one PRI Terminated
to it. I obviously need to keep at least one analog line on site at each
location for the DSL to work. But how could I cut the other two lines. I was
trying to figure out how to keep my hunt groups working though. Would I have
to port my existing numbers over and have asterisk do all the hunting and
forward to a new unlisted number using a 2ns PRI Channel. Or would it be
easier to just use VOIP for everything and only use the Pots line to bring
in the DSL. For e911 purposes I do need the stores to still be able to pick
up the local POTS line and call out. The other issue is the faxes, if I
could use asterisk to distribute the faxes and use voip from the stores to
send them out via asterisk I could save thousands there alone. Let me know
if anyone has had a similar setup. Thanks in advance!!

 

Regards

 

Tim King

 

 

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Tim King a ?crit :
> Hey Guys,
>
>  
>
>             I have a new task to tackle. I need to make asterisk save 
> me as much $$$ From Ma Bell As possible. Here is the Scenario. I have 
> 50 storefronts throughout the state of Michigan. Each location has 2 
> voice lines in a hunt group and a FAX Line with DSL on it. I also have 
> a large Asterisk Box here at the corporate office Currently with one 
> PRI Terminated to it. I obviously need to keep at least one analog 
> line on site at each location for the DSL to work. But how could I cut 
> the other two lines. I was trying to figure out how to keep my hunt 
> groups working though. Would I have to port my existing numbers over 
> and have asterisk do all the hunting and forward to a new unlisted 
> number using a 2ns PRI Channel. Or would it be easier to just use VOIP 
> for everything and only use the Pots line to bring in the DSL. For 
> e911 purposes I do need the stores to still be able to pick up the 
> local POTS line and call out. The other issue is the faxes, if I could 
> use asterisk to distribute the faxes and use voip from the stores to 
> send them out via asterisk I could save thousands there alone. Let me 
> know if anyone has had a similar setup. Thanks in advance!!
>
911 is going to be hard to do with VoIP, although I seem to recall a 
company that was advertising it on the list not that long ago.

If there is a computer in each store maybe you could use some fax to 
email service and then just have DSL / 911 / VoIP on one line.