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      Alex Sage @A Former User
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      @thecreativeone91 said:
      get a phone system that can take PRI/T1 Directly

      I did think about that. What system would you suggest?

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        A Former User @IT-ADMIN
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        @IT-ADMIN said:

        he is referring to PRI gateway,

        A PRI Gateway isn't a requirement though. There are plenty of phone systems that will take PRIs directly. Our you can build your own with a PRI Card.

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          IT-ADMIN @A Former User
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          @thecreativeone91 said:

          @IT-ADMIN said:

          he is referring to PRI gateway,

          A PRI Gateway isn't a requirement though. There are plenty of phone systems that will take PRIs directly. Our you can build your own with a PRI Card.

          yes of course, but i consider him having an IP PBX computer based not a specific IP PBX (avaya for example) because he mentioned before that he tried 3CX which is an IP PBX computer based

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            A Former User
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            Well you could put a Digium 1TE131F Computer It should be under $500 for a single PRI. How many phones do you have? $5,000 is going to be tight.

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              coliver @Alex Sage
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              @anonymous said:

              @thecreativeone91 said:
              get a phone system that can take PRI/T1 Directly

              I did think about that. What system would you suggest?

              Basically any Asterisk based system will accept a PRI card and be able to receive and send calls over it. So building your own would be viable.

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                A Former User @IT-ADMIN
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                @IT-ADMIN said:

                @thecreativeone91 said:

                @IT-ADMIN said:

                he is referring to PRI gateway,

                A PRI Gateway isn't a requirement though. There are plenty of phone systems that will take PRIs directly. Our you can build your own with a PRI Card.

                yes of course, but i consider him having an IP PBX computer based not a specific IP PBX (avaya for example) because he mentioned before that he tried 3CX which is an IP PBX computer based

                Yes, but that still does not imply a PRI gateway is needed, that is the most expensive option and is usually not the way to go unless you need to pull the PRI over SIP to multiple phone systems/devices.

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                  IT-ADMIN
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                  in my opinion since your budget is only 5K, you can use PSTN gateway as i described before and cancel your PRI line because you need only 4 simultaneous calls,

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                    coliver @IT-ADMIN
                    last edited by coliver

                    @IT-ADMIN said:

                    in my opinion since your budget is only 5K, you can use PSTN gateway as i described before and cancel your PRI line because you need only 4 simultaneous calls,

                    If you're just doing that get a SIP Trunk and save even more money. For the price of the gateway you could have two SIP trunks from different providers to fail back to if need be.

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                      IT-ADMIN @coliver
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                      @coliver said:

                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                      in my opinion since your budget is only 5K, you can use PSTN gateway as i described before and cancel your PRI line because you need only 4 simultaneous calls,

                      If you're just doing that get a SIP Trunk and save even more money. For the price of the gateway you could have two SIP trunks from different providers to fail back to if need be.

                      but the SIP trunk is related to his internet connection, so we need to ask him about his bandwidth

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                        Alex Sage @A Former User
                        last edited by Alex Sage

                        @thecreativeone91 said:

                        How many phones do you have? $5,000 is going to be tight.

                        Might have to wait until 2016 until we get a new budget.

                        50 Phones 😞

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                          coliver @IT-ADMIN
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                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                          @coliver said:

                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                          in my opinion since your budget is only 5K, you can use PSTN gateway as i described before and cancel your PRI line because you need only 4 simultaneous calls,

                          If you're just doing that get a SIP Trunk and save even more money. For the price of the gateway you could have two SIP trunks from different providers to fail back to if need be.

                          but the SIP trunk is related to his internet connection, so we need to ask him about his bandwidth

                          For 4 simultaneous calls even ADSL would be viable (depending on his jitter rate).

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                            Alex Sage @IT-ADMIN
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                            @IT-ADMIN said:

                            but the SIP trunk is related to his internet connection, so we need to ask him about his bandwidth

                            10 up 10 down

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                              coliver @Alex Sage
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                              @anonymous said:

                              @thecreativeone91 said:

                              How many phones do you have? $5,000 is going to be tight.

                              Might have to wait until 2016 until we get a new budget.

                              50 Phones 😞

                              Yep... that is going to be all of your budget right there.... can you start the project now?

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                                IT-ADMIN @Alex Sage
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                                @anonymous said:

                                @IT-ADMIN said:

                                but the SIP trunk is related to his internet connection, so we need to ask him about his bandwidth

                                10 up 10 down

                                so your connection is great, but keep in mind the failover, if your internet connection go down your phone system will be down also

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                                  coliver @Alex Sage
                                  last edited by coliver

                                  @anonymous said:

                                  @IT-ADMIN said:

                                  but the SIP trunk is related to his internet connection, so we need to ask him about his bandwidth

                                  10 up 10 down

                                  That is what we started with. It worked well. How reliable is this connection? Does it go down often?

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                                    IT-ADMIN
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                                    for this reason personally i will never rely on the internet connection for my phone system

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                                      A Former User @coliver
                                      last edited by

                                      @coliver said:

                                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                                      in my opinion since your budget is only 5K, you can use PSTN gateway as i described before and cancel your PRI line because you need only 4 simultaneous calls,

                                      If you're just doing that get a SIP Trunk and save even more money. For the price of the gateway you could have two SIP trunks from different providers to fail back to if need be.

                                      That's what I'd say. Get a SIP Trunk and be done with it. Otherwise get a PRI Card.

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                                        A Former User @IT-ADMIN
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                                        @IT-ADMIN said:

                                        in my opinion since your budget is only 5K, you can use PSTN gateway as i described before and cancel your PRI line because you need only 4 simultaneous calls,

                                        A Quality FXO gateway will cost as much as a PRI card.

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                                          coliver @IT-ADMIN
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                                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                                          for this reason personally i will never rely on the internet connection for my phone system

                                          Is the cost of being down equal to the yearly cost of a PRI? I don't know that would be a question for @anonymous.

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                                            coliver @A Former User
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                                            @thecreativeone91 said:

                                            @IT-ADMIN said:

                                            in my opinion since your budget is only 5K, you can use PSTN gateway as i described before and cancel your PRI line because you need only 4 simultaneous calls,

                                            A Quality FXO gateway will cost as much as a PRI card.

                                            If I remember correctly you can also get FXO cards that will do the same thing. Still probably around the same price.

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