asterisk users - Oct 2008 - up to 3000 lines capacity asterisk Deployment

Hello All,

I have a request from a prospectieve client to deploy a PBX capacity
that can do up to 3000+ lines within a geographic region similar to a
campus. The client wants analog lines for extensions and maybe VoIP
for some backhaul traffic while the other traffic would be carrid via
E1 channels. The client has other proposals to buy a mid, range telco
switch from alcatel or simens but i am trying to convince him
otherwise. Though i have deployed Asterisk PBX in mid range offices
(like up to 60 lines), i have never deployed anything of this
magnitude. Can anyone help me by giving me information on how this
sort of deployment would work, keeping in mind that the extensions
would all be analog and not VOIP. I have seen some documentation on
SpiderMUX (TDMoE) and some other channelized MUXes using USB
interfaces but then, how would i even start to build a PBX of this
magnitude in the first instance? Any suggestions would be welcomed

Cost per analog port can be quite low if done rightl.  I would look at
using Xorcom's 32 port asterisk appliances with additional Astribanks
plugged in and a "switch" or "dundi" setup.



On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Dumpolid Exeplish <dumpexec at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have a request from a prospectieve client to deploy a PBX capacity
> that can do up to 3000+ lines within a geographic region similar to a
> campus. The client wants analog lines for extensions and maybe VoIP
> for some backhaul traffic while the other traffic would be carrid via
> E1 channels. The client has other proposals to buy a mid, range telco
> switch from alcatel or simens but i am trying to convince him
> otherwise. Though i have deployed Asterisk PBX in mid range offices
> (like up to 60 lines), i have never deployed anything of this
> magnitude. Can anyone help me by giving me information on how this
> sort of deployment would work, keeping in mind that the extensions
> would all be analog and not VOIP. I have seen some documentation on
> SpiderMUX (TDMoE) and some other channelized MUXes using USB
> interfaces but then, how would i even start to build a PBX of this
> magnitude in the first instance? Any suggestions would be welcomed
>
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Andrew "lathama" Latham

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Andrew.Latham at TuxTone.com

You can use individual Asterisk boxes to feed a subset of the 3000 phones (ie 96
analog ports) That would be 1 4 port card with 4 T1 channels banks. You could
think of these as RTs (Remote Terminals) and then you can use DunDI to have the
calls 'routed' to the correct RT. The good thing about this is that
calls can go directly between RTs with out needing to go to a master server.

You could also offer them redundancy as each section of the campus will be
'self-sufficient'.

I would use VoIP to interconnect the RT's as well as access servers to the
PSTN.

This is basically what you have done with the installs you have already
mastered. Think of it as just a few of the clients 'interconnected' :-)

Please feel free to contact me off-list if you need anymore help...

Alex


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> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I have a request from a prospectieve client to deploy a PBX capacity
> that can do up to 3000+ lines within a geographic region similar to a
> campus. The client wants analog lines for extensions and maybe VoIP
> for some backhaul traffic while the other traffic would be carrid via
> E1 channels. The client has other proposals to buy a mid, range telco
> switch from alcatel or simens but i am trying to convince him
> otherwise. Though i have deployed Asterisk PBX in mid range offices
> (like up to 60 lines), i have never deployed anything of this
> magnitude. Can anyone help me by giving me information on how this
> sort of deployment would work, keeping in mind that the extensions
> would all be analog and not VOIP. I have seen some documentation on
> SpiderMUX (TDMoE) and some other channelized MUXes using USB
> interfaces but then, how would i even start to build a PBX of this
> magnitude in the first instance? Any suggestions would be welcomed
> 
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