[Asterisk-Users] Why are FXO so expensive?

[John Schmerold]

Anybody know if the  NETspider-U works as well as the NetJet ?

I searched the list, came up with a few references to the  NETspider-U, 
but no conclusions.  I'm looking for a single channel ISDN BRI-U card.

Anthony Wood wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:07:22AM -0500, Steven Critchfield wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 06:59, Samy Touati wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>> 
>>>I've been browsing for FXO devices, and I'm really surprised at their
>>>costs.
>>>Why such devices are so expensive and somehow hard to get ?
>>
>>Because most people that would need the items can quickly scale beyond
>>analog incoming lines. So there is not a glut of them on Ebay to drive
>>the prices down. 
> 
> 
> Also FXO devices require certification to be used in many countries,
> and this is not cheap, the manufacturer has to pass this cost on to
> someone.
> 
> But if you want 24 or 30 lines, a Digium Wildcard T100P/E100P is only $25/$20 per line
> or for 96/120 lines, a T400P/E400P is only $16/$13 per line.
> 
> For smaller systems, you'd have to go a NetJet ISDN BRI card ($150? for two lines)
> or X100P ($100?) per 1 line, or VoiceTronix OpenLine4 ($500?), OpenSwitch 6/12 ($800/$1500?)
> for 4/6/12 analogue lines.
> 
> The openswitch cards can operate groups of the ports as FXS ports too.
> 
> cheers,
> Woody
> 
> PS: $US
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