[KLUG Members] voice and T1

[Adam Williams]

> \Hello, all. I have another odd question. We're investigating ISP/Voice
> solutions for CARES, where email is important, but voice is more so. At
> what level of use would VoIP and a T1 make sense (or, how much should
> you be spending before you decide to go VoIP/T1)? 

Depends upon T1 prices in your area.  You can get a T1 with x number of
voice channels and the rest data - usually quite cost effectively.  Our
resident dutch guy says to switch from POTs to T1 at >10 phone lines.

> And, assuming your
> provider isn't a losing outfit, how's the quality?

With properly configured routers the voice quality is excellent. (Cisco
routers,  the Nortel routers we tried @*&$(@( *R&(@(@$
@&*#$(!@(@*$@....)

>We'll probably just go with SDSL and our current voice service, but I
> felt I should lay out all the choices before I recommend one.

If your going to be buying a phone system I think getting anything other
than VOIP is just plain dumb.  Small black-box open standards VOIP
systems are available from a variety of vendors.