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      Alex Sage
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      Holy Crap.

      Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K. 😞

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        Alex Sage
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        We already have POTS lines. Do they make a POTS to VoIP Gateway that is cheaper?

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          A Former User @Alex Sage
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          @anonymous said:

          @thecreativeone91 said:

          Why does the fact that you are already paying for justify counting to pay for it?

          They had to run fiber to the building so we are locked in for 5 years.

          How long ago did you sign the contract, you usually there is a MARC percentage that allows you to stop it after.

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            A Former User @Alex Sage
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            @anonymous said:

            We already have POTS lines. Do they make a POTS to VoIP Gateway that is cheaper?

            Why do you want to keep POTS lines?

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              Alex Sage @A Former User
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              @thecreativeone91 said:

              Why do you want to keep POTS lines?

              I don't, but I can't drop that much money on this.

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                A Former User @Alex Sage
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                @anonymous said:

                @thecreativeone91 said:

                Why do you want to keep POTS lines?

                I don't, but I can't drop that much money on this.

                What do you mean that much money? What are you referring to that you need?

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                  Alex Sage
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                  Have to try to do this for 5K

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                    A Former User @Alex Sage
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                    @anonymous said:

                    Have to try to do this for 5K

                    Ok? What part are you referring to that has to do with POTs lines. You are throwing out random facts that don't mean anything. Why do you needs POTS with a VoIP system? What part are you referring to that's so expensive?

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                      Alex Sage @A Former User
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                      @thecreativeone91 said:

                      What part are you referring to that's so expensive?

                      Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K

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                        A Former User @Alex Sage
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                        @anonymous said:

                        @thecreativeone91 said:

                        What part are you referring to that's so expensive?

                        Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K

                        use SIP if you can get a SIP Trunk, if you can't get a phone system that can take PRI/T1 Directly rather than use a PRI Gateway, it's not a requirement to have.

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                          coliver @Alex Sage
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                          @anonymous said:

                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                          What part are you referring to that's so expensive?

                          Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K

                          Why do you need a PRI Gateway? Look into Sangoma PRI cards (http://www.sangoma.com/telecom-interface-cards/digital-voice-and-data-boards/) they do an amazing job... the only downside is that you will need to do a physical server to host the phone system.

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                            A Former User @coliver
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                            @coliver said:

                            @anonymous said:

                            @thecreativeone91 said:

                            What part are you referring to that's so expensive?

                            Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K

                            Why do you need a PRI Gateway? Look into Sangoma PRI cards (http://www.sangoma.com/telecom-interface-cards/digital-voice-and-data-boards/) they do an amazing job... the only downside is that you will need to do a physical server to host the phone system.

                            You might be able to do a PCIE passthrough

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                              IT-ADMIN
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                              he is referring to PRI gateway,
                              yes it is true, PRI gateway are quiet expensive, however if you have 4 POTS line you can buy a PSTN gateway (4 fxo ports) and plug it ethernet port to your IP PBX (3CX, Ozeki XE, Elastix...), in this stage you can make internal ip calls and external calls (in this scenario you can receive up to 4 simultaneous calls and dial up to 4 simultaneous calls )

                              hope that will give you some glimpse

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                                coliver @A Former User
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                                @thecreativeone91 said:

                                @coliver said:

                                @anonymous said:

                                @thecreativeone91 said:

                                What part are you referring to that's so expensive?

                                Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K

                                Why do you need a PRI Gateway? Look into Sangoma PRI cards (http://www.sangoma.com/telecom-interface-cards/digital-voice-and-data-boards/) they do an amazing job... the only downside is that you will need to do a physical server to host the phone system.

                                You might be able to do a PCIE passthrough

                                True. Although Hyper-V doesn't support it yet and Xen can be a bit of a chore. VMware would be the only viable option for this.

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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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