Re: [MLUG] Asterisk continued

[Shawn Parker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

update:

i have the hardware on order...should be in tomorrow, friday at the latest

1 digium t100p (495 ea)
1 handytone 286 analog-ip converter (75 ea)
10 budgetone 101t ip phone (75 ea = 750)

1 custom built server (amd 2400), $500-600.

archlinux 0.6 (widget) (0 ea)
asterisk pbx (0 ea)

the networking hardware (ie, auto-sensing switch, patch panel, cable, 
flush jacks, plugs, etc etc) totals around $740

the entire project build is under $3000.  that is 1000 less than just 
the phone system a local telco quoted me.

i'm going to spend saturday running cable and configuring the firewall.  
sunday will be spent on linux and the phones.

huge amount of work for just little old me...but should be an 
interesting sandbox for asterisk when i get finished.

just compare the quotes: 3000 for a brand new network and voip phone 
system OR 1000 for a brand new network plus 4100 for a pbx with 
voicemail from a local telco.

and, those prices don't include my labor cost or consider my retainer 
fee for the next 6 months for support.

the traditional telco way would cost around 8K in the end.  the 
asterisk/linux way is around 5k-i'm working cheap because i know the 
owners personally.

tell me again why i would ever go back to traditional telco prices?

:)


Russell Horn wrote:

>The company we're talking to about asterisk is recommending SNOM 200
>phones - they don't have the huge screens of the Cisco's, but then you
>can do everything from the desktop, the phone's really there just for
>making calls through. 
>
>http://www.snom.com/snom200_en.php
>
>Our office network isn't switched - it was put in before I started there
>and 24 port switches were a lot more expensive than hubs back in early
>2001. The firm quoting for the VOIP stuff has recommended an HP managed
>switch, primarily so we can get QoS on the network to protect the voice
>traffic.
>
>The cards we bought were just advertised as generic Asterisk compatible
>FXO cards, but they have an identical chipset to the Digium ones at less
>than half the cost. The kernel recognises them as a Wildcard FXO:
>Wildcard X101P
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40995&item=5714
>337230&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>
>Unfortunately that seller only ships to the UK, but I'm sure the same
>cards must be available in the US.
>
>Russell.
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Shawn Parker
Network Administrator
Cumulus Broadcasting, LLC.
Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri
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