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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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| 331443 | 2005-03-08 23:51:00 | 1.TelstraClear don't have many of their own lines. . Jeez. I had better tell all our customers on Clear analog, BRI and PRI lines that they don't really exist and it's majic that the calls are getting thru.. These are not Telecom resell line either.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 331444 | 2005-03-08 23:59:00 | First add up the number of Clear analog,BRI and PRI lines and compare that with the number of lines hosted on Telecom exchanges. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 331445 | 2005-03-09 04:05:00 | First add up the number of Clear analog,BRI and PRI lines and compare that with the number of lines hosted on Telecom exchanges.I don't see how Telstras less than 50% of lines = "no lines", or how this effects the ability to run a PABX, be it homemade or otherwise, and be it on telecom lines, or telstras "non existant" lines :confused: I commend the idea of using PC hardware, but agree with Graham that a second hand PABX could be the simple answer. My Phillips SBX6 was perfect for my needs, and only took me bringing all the lines and extensions to one box that was logically labelled, and all was go. Surely the fact that telecom want to charge $thousands for this simple task is no surprise? :rolleyes: |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 331446 | 2005-03-09 07:02:00 | I don't see how Telstras less than 50% of lines = "no lines", or how this effects the ability to run a PABX, be it homemade or otherwise, and be it on telecom lines, or telstras "non existant" lines :confused: I don't see anywhere that I've said that TelstraClear had no lines . My remarks were in relation to whether they required Telepermits for customer equipment . The bulk of their own network is fibre to business customers . AFAIK most of their residential copper was inherited off Saturn in Wellington and Christchurch . By all means have a go with a PC based PABX, the trick is being able to talk to people without needing a PC at every extension location . I've seen the effort that went into making the SBXs what they were and don't forget that they weren't a great success . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 331447 | 2005-03-09 10:38:00 | Telepermits Smelepermits Who actually checks for these things before you plug a phone in? Is that $20 phone telepermitted? Perhaps it matters but really, who checks? When/if its not up to standard, we toss them out and replace them because it becomes obvious they dont work . Same applies with modems, and PABXs . A PABX just connects exclusively to the phone line(s) . . just one pair of wires per line, and one pair for each extension . . . . . . Its not rocket science, and if someone stuffs it up big time, then it won't work . What happened to kiwi ingenuity? It scares me that people should feel ill at ease to expererment with putting telephone equipment on telephone lines . :2cents: |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 331448 | 2005-03-09 11:11:00 | Telepermits Smelepermits Who actually checks for these things before you plug a phone in? Is that $20 phone telepermitted? Perhaps it matters but really, who checks? When/if its not up to standard, we toss them out and replace them because it becomes obvious they dont work . It may damage/interfere with someone else's line whilst yours is working perfectly though, but that scenario seems remote . Anyway, have you ever complained to Telecom that your line is acting "funny" and did they ever do anything about it? Did they check if your neighbour was running un-Telepermitted equipment? Did they ask you if you are running un-Telepermitted equipment? With all the potential un-Telepermitted running on Telecom lined on the sly, have you ever heard about any damage/injury/death caused to services/equipment/Telecom engineers? But I keep in mind the guy who built my parent's fence . Despite signs and road-side markings, he dug up our telephone line . Telecom slapped him around, but I don't know for how much . |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 331449 | 2005-03-09 11:38:00 | Short of mixing mains and phone wiring together, i dought there is much likelyhood of "damage/injury/death caused to services/equipment/Telecom engineers" caused by installing modems phones or a PABX ;) Ok, maybe a seriously dodgy modem could cause interferance, but we're going to try it if we are............. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 331450 | 2005-03-09 19:54:00 | Who actually checks for these things before you plug a phone in? Is that $20 phone telepermitted? Perhaps it matters but really, who checks? When/if its not up to standard, we toss them out and replace them because it becomes obvious they dont work . Same applies with modems, and PABXs . A PABX just connects exclusively to the phone line(s) . . just one pair of wires per line, and one pair for each extension . . . . . . Its not rocket science, and if someone stuffs it up big time, then it won't work . What appear to be the simplest things are often the hardest to get right . There are a lot of people that have lost heaps of money thinking that telephone equipment isn't rocket science (including Telco executives) . The worst thing isn't the big stuff-up that puts you off line it's the little problems that annoy the hell out thousands of people . Bad design usually affects the quality of the call for the person on the far end more, most often on a costly toll call . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 331451 | 2005-03-10 00:11:00 | Making a PABX (or anything) which quietly does exactly what it is designed to do reliably is good engineering . Look at what happened in the early years of computer driven telephone central exchanges . Remember the multi- day shutdowns when Telecom installed software "enhancements" which didn;t work . Then their "backups" weren't . :( Rocket science isn't always . . . it costs so much that it has a lot of managers involved . A PABX like the Panasonic is good engineering . If I was running a business I would want a PABX which I could install and forget . I would not install one based on a PC, especially if it could do all sorts of clever things . Communications are important to business . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 331452 | 2005-03-12 20:51:00 | You all should definatly have a peep at an emerging website: [edit: URL removed] and offer your opinions Adam. It will only grow if you water it with your opinion. and while we are on the topic - the guy who said the thing about kiwi ingenuity is too damn right.., |
Adam (7474) | ||
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