[K12OSN] phone system

[rmcdaniel at indata.us]

You just have to jump from the 66 block to a cable with an RJ11
connector to plug into the FXO port in the Asterisk server.  An RJ11
connector is a typical phone plug.  It is a little smaller than an RJ45
and has 6 pins instead of 8.

ron



Ronald R. McDaniel
Conecuh County Schools
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] phone system
> From: "Ritchie, Josiah S." <jritchie at bible.edu>
> Date: Fri, August 11, 2006 8:54 am
> To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
> <k12osn at redhat.com>
> 
> Phone pairs. I'll have to go look around Digium's site to check things
> out.
> 
> Thanks,
> JSR/
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
> > Behalf Of Huck
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 1:30 PM
> > To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] phone system
> > 
> > 66-block of phone pairs? or 66 unique ip's?
> > digium makes a card that handles 24 pair of POTS line..
> > and full T1's...etc..
> > 
> > fonality's system, it turnkey...the only advantage I see...
> > you can get a much beefier server with you'll need for more than 5
> > clients(their base $999 system is good for about 5 concurrent)...
> > like I said in the earlier post...Asterisk at Home is a simple
> > solution..and you can customize it from there...the web interface
> makes
> > configuration of trunks/extensions and all that jazz very easy..
> > 
> > --Huck
> > 
> > Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
> > > I have a 66-block coming into a new extension campus. What kind of
> card
> > > would I need to receive that sort of traffic since they aren't
> broken up
> > > into physically separate lines? I could pay them extra to break it
> down,
> > > but it seems rather silly to do so.
> > >
> > > I agree that fonality, while having a nice system, seems awfully
> > > expensive as you add more and more to the quote. I was thinking
> about
> > > just pushing this out to a contractor, but I'm kinda interested in
> VoIP
> > > and this small size might be a good start.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > JSR/
> > >
> > > Josiah S. Ritchie
> > > System and Database Administrator
> > > P: 301-552-1400 ext 1241 | F: 301-552-2775
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]
> On
> > >> Behalf Of Huck
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:28 AM
> > >> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> > >> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] phone system
> > >>
> > >> Fonality has a nice easy solution...although they rape you on the
> > >> server...$1k for the hardware they provide..blah..but their product
> > >> really is nice...and comes with support if you purchase...
> > >>
> > >> They've taken Asterisk and put together a nice interface and they
> > > handle
> > >> all updates on the server if you purchase the support from them.
> > >>
> > >> Setting up Asterisk yourself is not rocket science by any
> > >> means...Asterisk at Home actually is a fairly simple solution for
> > >> VOIP...and you can use desktops with a free application as the
> > >> phone...with just a headset/mic combo deal. Or get a SIP phone that
> > >> bridges the network connection through the phone...but you'll want
> to
> > >> put QoS on your network so VoiP traffice has priority.
> > >>
> > >> --Huck
> > >
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