Telephone service via Fiber

[WaltNC]

I have a location that has requirements for at least 2 2616's and 1 analog telephone. This location is only going to be served via fiber. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[phonz1]

we need more info. Is the fiber coming from a site with a pbx, if so what release? You're probably looking at a Fiber Remote, but could possibly do an SRG!!

 

[acewarlock]

Is trere going to be A Data T1 on this fiber?




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[WaltNC]

I have an Option 11C. I have 4 cabinets deployed at other locations on site that are connected back to the main Option 11C cabinet via fiber.

 

[WaltNC]

There will be a data connection. Probably a T1

 

[tnphoneman]

You can place some Adtran equipment on the fiber to give you the capacity of a T3. This will allow you to provision 28 T1 circuits. From there you can put a small key system or a mini carrier remote and tie it to the PBX via T1 and you still have T1 capability for your data.

 

[acewarlock]

I have extended 2616 to remote sites using Channel Banks, I bought they racks 2nd hand for about $400 for everything, 2 shelves 1 for each end and cards.




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[WaltNC]

What type of term & signaling did you use to interface with the 2616 after it came off of the channel bank?

 

[tnphoneman]

I think Ace(correct me if I am wrong) is talking about a channel bank made by telco systems that is specifically made for the Nortel sets.

there is one card that will support up to 4 digital sets and another that handles 1 analog. It is basically a FXO/FXS configuration.

 

[Triton101]

There are also MCK extenders, not sure if they do analog though....

You could get the IP enabled ones (4000) and use regular digital sets on them.

 

[WaltNC]

Thanks for all of the responses.

 

[tnphoneman]

Several ways to do this just depends on how much you are willing to spend and for what features. If all you need is dialtone I would suggest just some analog service from the LEC.

 

[WaltNC]

Thanks!

 

[acewarlock]

tnphoneman: You got me right.




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[tnphoneman]

Very familiar with these.

 

[acewarlock]

Just incase you use the Telco units, they have a tiny fust on them that used to get blown every time there was a lighting strick near by and we found the could be replaced with a resetable fuse, that would reset after about a minute. saved sending them to the rebuilder and saved $50 each time.




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[curtismo]

Use a 9150 Remote Office setup. You can get these for a very reasonable price from many secondary vendors. The 9150 allows TDM Nortel phones to be extended via IP from most any Nortel M1 switch.

The system consists of a RLC (Reach Line Card) that sits in a single card slot and emulates a digital line card. A special cable replaces the normal backplane cable and it provides Ethernet LAN connection and a serial connection for initial card setup. Out of the box it will handle 8 simultaeous conversations; by adding more DSP daughtercards you can have up to 32 phones per system (requires a 2-slot RLC card).

The far end is a 1U box with a 50 pin AMP connector for the phones and backup ISDN BRI connection, along with a Ethernet LAN connection.

I have used these since 25.10 and have 8 9150s and 4 RLC cards in production on my 4.5 system.

Note that this requires no special IP licenses; you just have to have a single card slot available on your switch.

 

[curtismo]

It also has the ability to have one analog device (phone or fax), as you said you need. I've never used the analog device capability on any of mine, but it is available.

 

[tarheel25]

Thanks for all of the responses.