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| Thread ID: 55280 | 2005-03-07 04:04:00 | DIY PABX System Using Old PC Hardware | vinref (6194) | PC World Chat |
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| 331433 | 2005-03-07 05:13:00 | You would be right about the range of features. It would need a modem per line incoming, and if these were telepermitted then that indeed may be all that is required for compliance. However in my experience with PC hardware and modems, the reliability would be less than ideal, as would the teething problems and down-time. Normally in a business the reliability of communications takes precedence over the functionality. Hence many successful products are still somewhat "dumb" You reckon I should buy one of the cheap, second-hand PABX boxes for backup if the PC-based one dies? |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 331434 | 2005-03-07 05:16:00 | Good idea. With anything DIY, it will spend 90% of its life in Beta test or crashing.... |
godfather (25) | ||
| 331435 | 2005-03-07 05:37:00 | I did once look into setting up a PABX for a small company owned by a friend of mine. All up it was no more than 5 phone lines, but Telecom wanted all up something like over $5,000 for it. I didn't ask for the details because I was choking so much fom hearing that figure. That was some 6 years ago, so it might be a lot cheaper now. Compare $5000 for a PABX six years ago with the cost of a decent mass produced PC then. How much did the price of computers choke you :D The Telecom requirements for PABXs and any other telepermit issue are on www.telepermit.co.nz . Even on their 100% TelstraClear lines Telstra will have similar requirements. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 331436 | 2005-03-07 05:46:00 | I'm interested. I just got a new number for my business, 3897 JGI, so now I can do what I like with it, rather than having to be restricted by the fact that it's a family line.Call me picky, but why did you feel the need to post your phone number for your commercial business? Your actual phone number has no bearing on the topic. Hope you are not trying to advertise that number on this forum ... |
Jen (38) | ||
| 331437 | 2005-03-07 05:54:00 | Call me picky, but why did you feel the need to post your phone number for your commercial business? Your actual phone number has no bearing on the topic. Hope you are not trying to advertise that number on this forum ... Oops :o Didn't think of that. Could you please edit my post and get rid of the number (just remove from , to , if you get what I mean). Sorry, I was just in a very happy mood :D Edit: Would probably get robots calling me up too! Do they do that yet from numbers off the web? |
george12 (7) | ||
| 331438 | 2005-03-07 08:44:00 | Oops :o Didn't think of that. Could you please edit my post and get rid of the number (just remove from , to , if you get what I mean). Sorry, I was just in a very happy mood :D Edit: Would probably get robots calling me up too! Do they do that yet from numbers off the web?Seeing as it has been posted once and quoted twice, I would have to edit three posts including my own. I will leave it as is this time. And no, you won't get any strange robots calling you up in the night. Well at least not ones that picked up your number off this page ... :p |
Jen (38) | ||
| 331439 | 2005-03-07 19:51:00 | Installing "on the sly" simply places all other phone users on the main exchange at risk, should isolation levels on the DIY unit fail, or interference was generated etc. God help the owner of the equipment should that happen, they would need a large bank account and a very good lawyer! Ok. Install it on Clear lines then. They don't need Telecom's PTC |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 331440 | 2005-03-07 20:29:00 | 1.TelstraClear don't have many of their own lines. 2. TelestraClear do require business customers to use Telepermitted equipment. "YOUR EQUIPMENT 10.1 You will ensure that all of your Equipment that is connected to the Network and/or to our Equipment is telepermitted and is installed in accordance with our specifications. 10.2 You agree to follow our reasonable instructions about modifications that you may need to make to your Equipment so that you can use the Services. 10.3 Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, if your Equipment causes a fault in the operation of a Service then you will, if we ask you to, pay us the reasonable costs of restoring that Service." Perhaps leaving this out of their residential terms was an oversight. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 331441 | 2005-03-07 23:55:00 | The Telecom position ( . telelab . co . nz/info1 . html" target="_blank">www . telelab . co . nz) is here; and here's what is charged (http://www . telelab . co . nz/) for the certification (though PABXs aren't explicitly listed) . I think you will find that TelstraClear will require approval too . Even on domestic lines . If it's connected to them, it's connected to Telecom . My Panasonic 6/16 has capability of call logging to a printer, music on wait, doorphone, and lots of clever things . And that's quite a few years old . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 331442 | 2005-03-08 06:35:00 | Been there . . . . Done that :rolleyes: I have an old phillips PABX now sitting idle that i once used when i lived in a rambling complex of 4 buildings . It is a 2 line, 6 extensions jobbie, and on telecom lines worked fine . I used it still when we converted the complex to telstra lines, still no problems . Neither phone company gave a damn about it, after all its tidier than having 10 phones on 2 lines, or any other variation of silly phone wiring . I'm thinking of cranking it up when i put a phone in the sleepout for when my son stays . . . . . . . . . Na, too much hassle! |
personthingy (1670) | ||
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