[Asterisk-bsd] ATA's

[Vahan Yerkanian]

Hi,

Yes, Linksys has acquired Sipura a while ago, and has already released 
new versions of the ATAs. I've used their products for the past 3 years 
and tested almost all of their models. So far they seem the best you can 
get in the FXS market. Just stay away from SPA-3000 (it's FXO part), as 
it might be unusable in your area due to its echo canceler. SPA-94x 
phones are in my opinion a step up from Grandstream Budgetone phones. 
Overall, once you're comfortable with Linksys' provisioning system, 
you'll start enjoying their products.

Get yourself a couple of Linksys SPA-2102 to start with, they are rock 
stable - at least they don't overheat - even lit by direct sunshine.

HTH,
Vahan

Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed Linksys seems to have purchased Sipura?  Anyone use the Linksys
> products that resulted?  The grandstream seems to be the cheapest.  What
> do you give up?  Sound quality I don't want to sacrifice, but abundant
> features I might...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> j
> 
> On Thu, 31 May 2007, Nate Kettlewell wrote:
> 
>> Jeff,
>>
>> The iaxy sucks..  however it works well behind NAT, and that's about
>> all it has going for it IMHO. I personally prefer the sipura SPA's or
>> if I am cheap, the grandstream handytones will get you done.
>>
>> Ditch the Iaxys, keep some sanity,
>>
>> Nate
>>
>> On 5/31/07, Jeff LaCoursiere <jeff at jeff.net> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Frequent lurker comes up for air.  TIA for any advice.
>>>
>>> I am running Internet Cafes in the islands and am adding calling stations
>>> for the cruise ship crew and passengers to use while visiting.  I already
>>> have an asterisk server running a custom prepaid access card system we
>>> wrote, and I have been using the Digium Iaxy to get customers to the AGI
>>> program (whatever they press at dialtone jumps them to "enter your PIN
>>> number").  This is working fine, but for a few issues with the sixteen of
>>> them I currently have in service:
>>>
>>> 1) The Iaxy is prohibitively expensive per port
>>> 2) The Iaxy is difficult to provision in the field
>>> 3) It seems to overheat and lose its mind once in a while
>>> 4) poor network connectivity causes it to disconnect and STAY
>>> disconnected, requiring a reboot
>>>
>>> Its starting to drive me nuts, actually.  I went with the Iaxy in the
>>> first place thinking it would be the best marriage to asterisk.  Then
>>> someone handed me a Sipura SPA-2000 a few days ago.  It actually has a
>>> built in IVR that you can use from either of the two FXS ports and an
>>> analog telephone to read or SET network parameters.  The web interface is
>>> excellent and has a wealth of options.  The Iaxy, by comparison, has a few
>>> commands in a text file for options.  I had it connected to a local
>>> asterisk in about thirty seconds, then in about an hour (much tweaking of
>>> SIP NAT parameters on both ends) I got it working with our public asterisk
>>> server and the prepaid phone card interface.
>>>
>>> So now to the advice.  My eyes have been opened to the fact that the large
>>> number of ATAs available are far from close in terms of quality, with the
>>> Iaxy somewhere near the bottom.  What ATAs are people happy with connected
>>> to asterisk?  Especially service providers that are provisioning them
>>> remotely?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jeff LaCoursiere
>>> JB Telenet, LLC
>>> St Thomas, VI 00802
>>> jeff at jbtelenet.com
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