ACS R7 & VOIP LINES

[DTGMI]

Have a tech who swears he has one of his cleint's ACS R7 switch running over IP Lines. Says he connects DSL lines directly into the CO ports on the ACS R7 and has his calls all go out over his DSL line? Has anyone heard of a successful config like this? Maybe using a DSL line converter or VOIP interface box of some kind?

 

[ttech]

There is a DSL card for the Partner called the 1600DSL. Not may COs offer the circuit needed to use it

 

[skip555]

Ive used vonage before (not my idea ) and it worked as well as the line by itself

thats probably what hes saying

 

[ttech]

It could also be a Flex T1 that is VoIP from the provider to the channel bank, then comes out as pots lines and 10baseT data. Data is used over the circuit too and it throttles up and down as voice channel usage increases and decreases. XO has a service called XOptions that uses the technology.

 

[dagwoodsystems]

I've never seen a single pair DSL line in California that didn't have dialtone on it. The telephone number associated with the DSL is how the circuit gets billed. Even IDSL (DSL over ISDN) gets a dialtone.

That being said, there's certainly no law that would prevent someone from plugging a standard DSL line into a Partner CO port. However, without the low-pass filter to allow only the voice portion through, I might expect a low performing internet connection. I might also expect to hear a slight data "hiss" behind a quiet conversation.

But using the dialtone on a DSL circuit isn't the same thing as VoIP. Line ports on a Partner can't magically chop up TDM voice and fill an IP packet's payload. So the theory that ttech, skip555 or myself have provided make the most sense. One final possibility is that your buddy is pulling your leg.