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SPA-3000 Review/Guide: Affordable Home PBX

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Kerbo writes "Seems every few days there is another news item about Asterisk PBX or Asterisk@Home, the open-source PBX system and associated installer package. You may have even been wondering what equipment you need to get started. The Geek Gazette has posted a review of the Sipura SPA-3000 ATA/Gateway with a complete setup guide on configuring it to work with Asterisk. This makes a very cost-effective way to get started by using your existing phone line as a trunk into the PBX."

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  1. Price by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Informative

    I couldn't find the price in the article-- may have missed it. Went to the Sipura sight and they don't sell directly to end users. They do have links to sites that do sell to end-users and I found it for $99

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  2. Re:Missing a crucial piece of hardware by KodaK · · Score: 5, Informative

    If I understand what you've described then what you need is a channel bank and a t1 card for the asterisk box. The channel bank will provide dial tone for up to 24 lines, digitize the lines and pass them to asterix via t1, from there you can route them where you want.

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  3. I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one... by lpangelrob2 · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one that saw "PBX" and said, "WTF is a PBX?"

    Short for private branch exchange, a private telephone network used within an enterprise. Users of the PBX share a certain number of outside lines for making telephone calls external to the PBX.

    Most medium-sized and larger companies use a PBX because it's much less expensive than connecting an external telephone line to every telephone in the organization. In addition, it's easier to call someone within a PBX because the number you need to dial is typically just 3 or 4 digits.

    A new variation on the PBX theme is the centrex, which is a PBX with all switching occurring at a local telephone office instead of at the company's premises.

    From the Webopedia.
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