From: "Glenn Meadows" 

There are 23 lines, a T-1, but more T cards can be added.  We've got, at
the moment, a block of 100 DID's, and the box is licensed to have 100
phones.

If I put the phones on separate lines from the computers, and segregated
them at the switch (2 switches), with only one cable bridging them, then as
long as I don't reboot the phone switch, then no, they won't lose a phone
call.

What happens when you have to re-power your phone system (if you have your
own internal system)?  Do the calls get dropped until the system resets?
Same difference I believe.

We've also go 3 analog cards, that provide Fax machine connections as well.
One full card is driven by our Fax Server for outbound faxes to
radio/broadcast facilities.


--
Glenn M.


"Geo"  wrote in message
news:41fad59a$2{at}w3.nls.net...
> How many phones and how many phone lines do you have?
>
> If you reboot a network switch do people lose their phone call?
>
> Geo.
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:41fa673f{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Our Voice over Ethernet is the 3Com NBX system.  I have to say, it has
> been
> > ULTRA reliable the whole 2+ years I've been here.  Solid as a rock, no
> > crashes, no problems at all, really.  Each phone can be a network
"hub"
in
> > an office, so fitting into existing offices with only 1 network jack
> works.
> > Plug the phone in, and the extra jack hubs right through, so both run
down
> > the same wire.  You can even buy a powered "hub" that goes in the
jackbay,
> > and feeds power down the unused pairs to power the phone centrally, so
> there
> > can be no wall warts.  Unplug a phone in one office, plug it in
somewhere
> > else, and it comes up as the same extension, the system doesn't care
where
> > within the local network it's plugged in.
> > --
> > Glenn M.
>
>
>

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