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Hi all, While pondering my choices for local dial tone service via a bunch of POTS lines or a T1, I began to wonder if perhaps there is another way. Are there VoIP dialtone providers? That is, could I use only my internet connection for voice calls and not have a separate T1/POTS bank for that? I guess I am imagining a company that gateways between the PTSN and the internet backbone.

Hi all, I'm looking for recommendations on ethernet switches for a new install. Ideally would want switches with at least 24 ports, ideally with a GE uplink, and that support PoE (power over ethernet) on every port. I've seen lots of switches, and lots of "power hubs", but the combination, which makes a lot of sense, seems rare. What is out there? Do the switches need to be

Hi all, To solve my need for dial in modems, I've hit upon an idea: buy a used T1 "analog" modem bank like a Lucent Portmaster that takes in a T1 and provides several 56K modems. This is overkill for a lightly used dial in service, but the prices of these boxes is so cheap (~$300) with ISPs going away from dial in service that it makes sense. This is how I imagine it would work:

Okay, I am facing a move in two months to newly renovated space. I have to decide *this week* between: A) Pull LAN and phone cables, prepare to move and expand our "traditional" PBX (Panasonic KX-TD1232 and VPS200). or B) Pull only LAN cables, go VoIP, use Asterisk as PBX. It is *not* an option to purchase a VoIP system package from Cisco, 3com, etc. Installers are getting an

I'm brand new to asterisk but not to T1s so here's my bit to contribute. Each local telco {be they ILEC or CLEC} is different depending on their CO switch and the software options they've purchased for it. In Alaska, the "break-even" for switching from POTS to T1 is about 13 trunks. Your telco will offer "regular T1" and/or ISDN-PRI. Up here the tariffed rate

Hi all, I like to have a dial in modem on my toll free number so that when I or my employees travel, they can always get in for net access to read email if no better method is available. Right now, my Panasonic KX-TD1232D PBX receives the call on a POTS line and routes it to an analog modem. The speeds achieved are around 24 kbps due to the digitization of the KX-TD1232D introducing

Hi all, I would be most grateful if someone would review my plans for my new phone system and comment on areas of expected trouble and advice on what to do better. Instead of moving our Panasonic KX-TD1232/TVS200 system (ugh...) to our new location, we've decided to jump into IP telephony with *. But we are new to * (but not Linux), so we're trying to learn as much as we can before we

Hello, I ftp'ed the binary RPM for samba from us6.samba.org, and when I tried to verify it, rpm said that MD5 was NOT OK. Has anyone else reported this behavior? Thanks, Hiten Sonpal sonpal@ciholas.com Engineer, CIHOLAS Enterprises Voice: 812 476 2721 x 102 2626 Kotter Ave, Unit #D Fax: 812 476 2881 Evansville, IN 47715 http://www.ciholas.com

Hello! Several of my customers would like to add a backup to their Internet connection. ISDN is a good solution: decently fast for a dial-up-type connection, yet still faily affordable. While I was at it, I decided to look at a couple of more creative telephone service options to possibly improve their service or lower costs at the same time. These customers range from having just a

Anyone have much luck with these on ATA's? I have a few sites that use them succesfully with multi-port Audiocodes boxes, but just connected ten machines to Linksys 2102s and they are very flaky. Using u-law on a 100Mb switched network that is barely utilized, then out a T1 on a Sangoma card. Perhaps there is some tuning on the Linksys or the credit card machine itself? Going to look

We have a strange echo problem. Maybe echo isn't the correct term. When we make a call f/ a SIP phone (we have several 7960's, some 3coms, and I've even tried a softphone, all on the same 100BaseTX network) to the pstn, if the person I'm calling has a PRI or channelized T1 f/ Bell, then the sound is perfect, couldn't be better. If I make a call to a person with a plain POTS

OK. Now I show my ignorance. What's the difference between a T-1 and a channelised T-1? I see that Covad's voip service (formerly GoBeam) requires a channelised T-1. Then I read recently on the list that many T-1s being installed are actually HDSL....which would be not a T-1 at all...right? Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves@pixelpower.com Sr. Product Specialist

[Please excuse if this is a repeat; I initially tried to send it from a different account, and it's been held up for a couple of days awaiting moderation.] 1) What's the absolute minimum required (hardware-wise) in order to get one in-bound POTS line into Asterisk, and then have IP phones "inside?" [In other words, I obviously need a NIC -- but what would be the

I have a dilemma. I am trying to setup an asterisk setup for about 10 people, but with the ability to expand to 100s. We are looking into hardphones to use for our systems. Here are the requirments I am looking for: SIP Not POE Full duplex Speakerphone $100-$300 We would like to have the cordless and corded option if possible (at least for 3 of the 10 people). So here are the

I've been looking at the two phones Aastra 9112i and 9133i for our offices now. I was just curious if anyone could tell me about the ring tones. Specifically: 1) How many ring tones do they come with? 2) Can you upload your own ring tones? 3) If so, what format and how? (wav, mp3, gsm, etc. and TFTP, web management, flash, etc.) Thanks for any help. -- Tim DeBaillie 812-476-2721

Hello All, I was wondering. What are the primary advantages to using a PRI over a T1? As I understand it, the PRI terminates very fast, meaning you can do immediate answer and dial... This is very handy on the BRI line I have on the asterisk. Can T1 signalling also do immediate answer, or does it just behave like a channelized pots line and ring as usual? I am trying to determine if I should

hi, i have some newbie questions about channel banks. i have an adtran act-1241 sitting around. it accepts D4 modules, and it contains a number of e&m cards. first of all, how does this thing work? a t1 contains 24 channels, and i noticed that the channel bank has space for 24 cards. what do these cards do? what are their outputs? the ones that are in there have some outputs on the front

Hi all, Muppet from the UK asking for help We are just about to have a T1 line installed in our office in Dallas and "Advantex" the supplier has sent a questionnaire asking a number of questions. I have put the question area at the bottom of the email, we will be using Digium's hardware. could anybody help :-) In the UK when I asked for a E1, number of trunks required and the

I would think I could do this but for some reason I am stymied. I have a PRI from RCN connected to a cisco 3640 (in my day "cisco" is all lower case :-)). My config looks something like this on the cisco... --------------------------------------------------------- voice-card 3 dsp services dspfarm ! ip cef ! isdn switch-type primary-5ess ! controller T1 3/0 framing esf linecode

Hello all :) I've just been handed a project that I need to get working pretty quickly. Basically I have four "analog DID trunks" for incoming only calls coming in. I know that these are Loop start with Wink start, and that after wink they send a 4-digit id number. Is this something that the Wildcard boards are able to handle and that Asterisk could interpret? The digits