[cisco-voip] FXO/FXS on a single card

[Lawrence E. Bakst]

Sorry I don't see how adding FXS is going to help you.

I don't know what GEO you are in but I think 1 or 2 ISDN BRI lines might work well in this situation. I have one here at home and it works well for me. You can replace your current card 2FXO card with a VIC2-2BRI-NT/TE and get twice the number of lines. You also need two NT1's. You get both ANI and DNIS and it has full supervision almost like a PRI. 911 should be OK as well.

Depending upon where you are you might be able to get ISDN MSN (Multiple Subscriber Numbering) which allows multiple numbers (more than the two SPIDs) to be assigned to an ISDN line. It's like DID for ISDN.

I guess the only issue is what the rates are for ISDN.

As far as how many lines you need it depends. 6 sales persons will probably need  more than 6 lines. 6 engineers might only need 2 lines. I would start with 2 BRI which is 4 lines.

You also might be able to do something with SIP and the new CME 3.4. SIP rates are pretty cheap these days.

Actually why don't you use the ISDN for incoming and SIP for outgoing?

Best,

leb


At 1:56 PM -0600 12/5/05, Davis, Michael wrote:
>Caller-id, though supported on FXO cards with "M1" vintage, won't help you here. You need the card to see DNIS for direct-inward-dial support. Is this an MGCP or H323 gateway? Off the top of my head, you have a couple of possibilities.  1) Fractional T1 2) FXO-M1  that hits an AutoAttendant TCL script on the gateway. 
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>	Subject: [cisco-voip] FXO/FXS on a single card
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>	Hi,
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>	I have a CallManager 4.0 installation at my headquarters office, and I
>	have a branch office with a 2801 connected to HQ with a point to point
>	T1. Currently, we have filled all 4 slots on the 2801.
>	T1- for point to point connectivity
>	FXO- for outbound 911 calling (we do not have a E911 server) 9-port POE
>	switch- for all devices (which takes up two slots)
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>	This has worked well, as have been call forwarding all their local
>	numbers to our Headquarters PRI.  Since they are in a different area
>	code, this has been quite expensive. We don't want to install a PRI on
>	the 2801, since it seems like to much of an expense for only 6 people. I
>	think the solution is to have an FXS and FXO in this 2801.  But, here
>	are my questions:
>	* I have been told an FXS card cannot handle caller-id, is this true?
>	* Is there an FXO/FXS on a single card, since I have run out of room on
>	my 2801 chassis?
>	* How many lines would an office of 6 people require?
>	* Does anyone have any other ideas?
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>	Thanks,
>	Avidan
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