Re: [PLUG] VoIP setup

[Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:24:10 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info> 
> wrote:
> > We want around 30 parallel lines, and do the convertion VoIP to 
> > analog
> > __before__ it leaves the office (no hosted PBX or anything like 
> > that, we
> > don't trust the network bandwidth enough, it's just a basic DSL 
> > there).
>
> So, I know next to nothing about VoIP except for some tinkering at
> home with Asterisk.
>
> But, if you REALLY want 30 parallel lines, is bandwidth really a
> problem?  I would think that for the cost of installing 30 business
> analog lines you could easily upgrade that IP connection to something
> more substantial than DSL.  Plus, I would think that an IP-based
> infrastructure would be much more flexible (easier to add lines, pay
> for what you use for outgoing calls, when you aren't 100% saturated
> you have that much more bandwidth, etc).  30 lines is what, the
> equivalent of a T1 or two?  I would think that the cost of a real
> network link with a serious SLA is probably cheaper than paying that
> many landlines.

Can you really get a hosted PBX that does the termination + a T1 for 
less than $1000 a month ?
I wouldn't think so, but maybe I'm wrong.


Julien



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