Line Sharing for Modems 1

[shipwright]

Have a customer thats needs to use "dial out modems" to do remote programming.He has 8 telco lines and 16 users that need access to the lines(in a pool) at different times (this is the very minimum). I can get a line share that can handle 15 lines and 32 users and was told that the modem speed will be 56k (i suspect that this is 56k in and 33.6 out which is the only way which these modems will be used for).The question, does anyone one have any more/better ideas on the best way to achieve this.A T1 channel bank?RAS? has anyone set up something similer?
Note:- They have a Norstar 8x24 expanded but the existing modem sharing equipment doesn't go thro Norstar.

 

[phannah]

You can always get a Cisco access server or a similar product. You should be able to find one from Black Box, I know Shiva (Intel) used to make them, but I'm not so sure they are still in that business.

 

[aarenot]

I do Avaya, and you could just plug the modem into the aux port on the bottom of the ext, and dial out that way(Partner ACS). It does however busy out the ext you use the aux port on, for the duration of the modem call.
The partner ACS ext ports using only the center pairs are analog exts, so they do have some advantages. If the Norstar has enough room to add analog ports, and the system does not slow the speed down too much, you might be able to do it through the norstar.

I assume the PC's dialing out have their own modems?

 

[johnpoole]

same is true for most pbx equiptment, on the key system side, a line share would be needed. can you spell cisco? problem with 90 percent of the analog dial modems. 16 k plus compression, you seldom get a true 56k thru put. depending on the app, that may be enough. i know most customers will not accept that speed

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc