RE: Telephony hardware (was xAP quiet?)

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Patrick,

If I went the Sipura 3000 route x3 for all 3 analogue lines, would I loose
any functionality by not using the digital line at all?

I think I want to use my existing 2x DECT systems in the house (at the
moment) until I possibly upgrade to IP phones. The mini browser sounds
interesting - just what I need to be able to browse a central address book
- do you use this?

Paul.

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> Subject: [xap_automation] Telephony hardware (was xAP quiet?)
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> >
> > I suppose the big question for me is what telephony hardware
> > do I need? I have one BT analogue line with ADSL and a home
> > highway line with 2 x analogue numbers off of the digital number.
> >
>
> For the ISDN digital line: Fritz AVM ISDN card (aka BT Speedtouch ISDN
> card). Can be had off e-bay for around 20 notes. Use the CAPI driver.
>
> For the direct exchange analogue line: Sipura 3000
>
> For ISDN analogue ports: Either upgrade to ISDN2e or Business Highway,
and
> renumber your analogue ports as digital circuit MSN's (all of which is
a
> relatively expensive process), or buy a further pair of Sipura 3000's,
one
> for each analogue port. Also worth mentioning, you won't get caller id
on
> the digital circuit unless you ugrade to ISDN2e or Business Highway -
BT
> refuse to supply it on homehighway.
>
> Digium are working on fixing the issues with running a TDM400 on UK
> analogue
> circuits. Once this is done, it's likely that the TDM400 with 3 FXO
> modules
> would be an adequate/more cost effective solution.
>
> If you want to use existing analogue handsets, you can plug them into
the
> FXS port on the Sipura 3000, or you can buy a TDM400 configured with
up to
> four FXS modules. Alternatively you can replace the analogue handsets
with
> IP phones. Either route will support caller id display on the analogue
> handsets. If you go for IP phones I'd recommend avoiding budget IP
phones
> -
> go with Cisco 79xx, Snom or Polycom. The Cisco 79xx are particularly
nice.
> The have a built in simple browser, which you can use to access your
own
> internal services (HA, weather, phone books etc).
>
> Sipura 3000's are available from linitx.com / voiptalk.org
> Snoms are available from provu.co.uk
> Cisco 79xx are available from ebuyer.co.uk
> I don't know of a UK supplier for polycom phones.
> TDM400's are available telappliant.co.uk / voiptalk.org or direct from
> digium.com, but import duty makes them virtually the same price
anyway.
>
> HTH
>
> Patrick
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