PRI Gateway

[Kevin Crouch]

Hi Guys,

We were looking at swapping off our Current PRI lines onto SIP trunks instead, but it looks like our contract goes on longer than we though, so we're not near the end with the PRI's, and a really low deal on bundled internet cannot be kept if we swap.

Long story short? it would be like $900 a month to swap to SIP because the internet cost (even rebundled and speed lowered) would go up so much.

So, I'm trying to look at what I believe are Gateways. We only need like 12 channels to maintain our current level of service (though we dont have usage stats on that with this old PBX we're moving off of). Which I believe means we just need the 1 connection (T1?) in.

I saw these https://www.3cx.com/voip-gateways/ but I'm not sure which ones would be needed or which ones are overkill. Some of these pattons I'm looking up are like $3000 at least just by themselves. Still less than what we would have in additional internet costs over a year but I was wondering what you all recommend for these and if you have a recommendation of a lower-level one that might be good enough for the pretty basic needs our company has

 

[leejor]

If you are using only a single T1, then that really narrows down the models available in the 3CX supported gateway list (many are FXO/FXS gateways). If you do choose to go with "supported", (highly recommended), then it will probably come down to a matter of cost.

I'm sure that there will be a few suggestions forthcoming.

 

[dandersonn]

Hi Kevin,

take a look at Beronet.com.
They are offering PRI Gateways which are compatible with 3CX.
We are using them quite often without any problems.

 

[eddv123]

Patton gateways are what I would recommend, rock solid and very reliable, probably the only "supported" gateway that I can say that for (and I have experience of all of them).

Patton can also do fractional PRI (you want 12 channels) so you could go for a Patton SN4970/1E15V/EUI which gives you 15 channels out of the box (upgrade-able if you require more at a later date.

 

[YiannisH_3CX]

Hello @Kevin Crouch

I can only recommend going for a supported device so we are able to help you if you face any issues down the road. What you choose depends on your needs and your budget.