I'm trying to find a high port count ATA device. We have a lot (up to 110) analog devices that we need to bridge to IP. Rather than go out and buy 110 ATA's, it would make more sense to buy a single chassis type device with some number of ports and blades. Anyone know if such a device exists? Thanks, Doug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070531/19c4fa8e/attachment.htm
On 5/31/07, Douglas Garstang <DGarstang@interainc.com> wrote:> > I'm trying to find a high port count ATA device. We have a lot (up to 110) > analog devices that we need to bridge to IP. Rather than go out and buy 110 > ATA's, it would make more sense to buy a single chassis type device with > some number of ports and blades. Anyone know if such a device exists?Have you seen these? http://xorcom.com/products/astribank_32 I haven't used them personally, but have seen several good reviews. I'll most likely be picking up one of their smaller models to evaluate in the next month or so. -Erik
Channel banks would work. Rhino works well, or if you need more chassis density, try the Carrier Access ADIT600 configured with FXS blades. Cory J Andrews ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Garstang Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:22 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] High Port Count ATA I'm trying to find a high port count ATA device. We have a lot (up to 110) analog devices that we need to bridge to IP. Rather than go out and buy 110 ATA's, it would make more sense to buy a single chassis type device with some number of ports and blades. Anyone know if such a device exists? Thanks, Doug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070531/90a795b8/attachment.htm
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:22:06PM -0700, Douglas Garstang wrote:> I???m trying to find a high port count ATA device. We have a lot (up to 110) > analog devices that we need to bridge to IP. Rather than go out and buy 110 > ATA???s, it would make more sense to buy a single chassis type device with > some number of ports and blades. Anyone know if such a device exists?Sure; lots of them, in port counts up to 48. They're not cheap. Expect to pay about $105 a port or so, on average. Start here: http://www.voipsupply.com/index.php?cPath=94_286 I was looking at the Audiocodes, about 6 months ago when I was prepping a project, but I haven't had hands-on. Iv you *really* need a lot of ports, check out the Vegastream, but, again, no testimony here. Keep in mind though, that it can be a good thing to have a warm spare, so high port counts aren't *always* the best answer. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274
I know Citel offers a 24 port device. From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Garstang Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:22 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] High Port Count ATA I'm trying to find a high port count ATA device. We have a lot (up to 110) analog devices that we need to bridge to IP. Rather than go out and buy 110 ATA's, it would make more sense to buy a single chassis type device with some number of ports and blades. Anyone know if such a device exists? Thanks, Doug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070531/72408f2f/attachment.htm
On Thu, 31 May 2007, Douglas Garstang wrote:> I'm trying to find a high port count ATA device. We have a lot (up to > 110) analog devices that we need to bridge to IP. Rather than go out and > buy 110 ATA's, it would make more sense to buy a single chassis type > device with some number of ports and blades. Anyone know if such a > device exists?Doug, you may consider Citel's Portico TVA product: http://www.citel.com/Products/Portico.asp While it's a little overkill for what you're doing because it can also digital signaling for legacy PBXs, the units come in 12 and 24-port editions and can be configured for analog FXS devices as well. The primary intent of this product is to be an adaptation layer to VoIP for people who have invested significant money in legacy PBX handsets from traditional incumbents like Avaya, Nortel, Samsung, etc. SIP in one end, and Meridian and similar protocols out there. But it can do analog too. And while I doubt that these units are the cheapest, buying half a dozen of them is probably considerably easier than 100+ ATAs. I've seen the product demoed in the PBX adaptation context. It works very well and its web interface is flawless. -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : +1-678-954-0670 Direct : +1-678-954-0671
Those 24+ port devices get *really* expensive, *really* fast. I would probably go with the new Linksys SPA-8000 (I think that's the model number)... its an 8-port FXS adapter and is only around $300 or so. So 110 ports, you would need 14 of them... $4200 with the advantage that if one dies, you only lose 8 ports, not 24 or 48. Using high-density solutions could easily run you over $10,000+ depending on the model/manufacturer/density. Plus, at $300 you can afford to keep 2 or 3 spares on the shelf "just in case"... where as with a high density solution, even keeping 1 spare would be very costly. -- Nick On Thu, 31 May 2007, Douglas Garstang wrote:> I'm trying to find a high port count ATA device. We have a lot (up to > 110) analog devices that we need to bridge to IP. Rather than go out and > buy 110 ATA's, it would make more sense to buy a single chassis type > device with some number of ports and blades. Anyone know if such a > device exists? > > > > Thanks, > > Doug. > > > >