Phones for Asterisk and single-pair old phone wiring?

[Ben Scott]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have some emails out to try to get more information.

  Cool.  Thanks.  I've already received a couple more off-list
referrals, so I've got some other feelers out.  It may all end up
coming to naught, but I won't know until I try.  :-)

>>  If anyone knows of a reasonably local entity who can provide
>> consulting and installation services for Asterisk and Citel Portico,
>> please refer me!  :-)
>
>  IIRC, they bought them direct from Citel.

  Yah, if I had more time, I'd consider doing it all myself.  But I
don't.  I'm under a relatively short deadline, so I'm looking to find
someone who already knows what to do (and what not to do), and is
willing to hire out their expertise.

>  Hrm, largest density they offer IIRC is 24 ports.  Quick look online
> shows about 2500-3k per 24 ports, FYI.

  Yah, I saw the same.  But we may be able to get away with scrapping
some of our Norstar sets and replacing them with Ethernet sets with
pass-through ports.  I just can't do that with *all* of them.

>  Sounds like at least YOUR having fun.  :-D

  Sure, for sufficiently harried, tired, expensive, confusing and/or
dirty definitions of "fun".  ;-)

> I'm busy compensating for mechanical designs.

  Ah.  Yes.   At least some of my current problems I can solve with
suitable application of a pry bar and a sledge hammer.  ;-)

-- Ben