[Asterisk-Users] Alternatives to FXS cards?

[WipeOut]

Matt Lawson wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I know someone makes a product that's a POTS phone to SIP converter, 
> where you just plug your POTS phone in one side and the network cable 
> in the other.  Has anyone successfully used any of these with 
> Asterisk, and if so how expensive were they?
>
> I ask partly out of frustration with the FXS cards but mostly because 
> it would make installation MUCH easier for what we're doing, plus it 
> would be another piece of hardware that we could re-sell, plus it 
> would free up some slots in the server, which is valuable real estate.
>
> Comments?
>
> TIA
> - Matt
>
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Grandstream make the cheapest one I have see, they go for about $70 
each.. should work the same as the Bugetone phones so should be 
compatible with Asterisk.. but I haven't tested one..

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