[Asterisk-Users] Australian Options

[Anthony Wood]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 01:05:41PM +1000, Matthew Enger wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is A-tick just a certification or is something done to each card? I contacted

It is two parts.

1) A certification
2) A sticker which goes on the card

> the Australian distributor and their wholesale prices are twice the price of
> that of a UK supplier who frequents this list! So I am wondering what does
> A-tick mean?

A-tick means that you can use the device with Australian Telcos without
written permission.

Connecting a non A-tick device to the Telco carries a fine of about $20,000.

Getting something A-tick certified is expensive ($10,000 +) so I think the
distributor should be repaid for that and rewarded for the risk he took
in getting it approved before he had the sales to pay for it.

Anything which can be plugged into a telecomms network needs to be A-ticked
or "A-crossed" (marked in a special way that it can't be plugged into the
telecomms network) before it can be sold here.

If you get the card from the UK, I don't think it's covered by the A-tick work
done by the Distributor, so you are risking a huge fine.

That's my understanding anywaay.

cheers,
Woody

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matthew Enger
> menger at xi.com.au
> 
> Quoting Anthony Wood <woody+asterisk at switchonline.com.au>:
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 12:28:48AM +1000, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> > > > Adam why would you need a channel Bank for the E100P?
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Mark McKibbin
> > > 
> > > As I specified below:
> > > 
> > > > Again, with smaller offices (say 15 or less extensions) the price of a
> > > > TE400P card is too expensive, will there be a TE100P card produced and
> > > > approved for use in Australia?
> > > > Even if it is, will this solve the problem? I'm thinking not, because
> > > > the single port would need to connect to a channel bank which in turn
> > > > would connect to the telco plus extensions, therefore we are back to
> > > > the same situation as with analog lines above.
> > > [ie, requiring an E1 channel bank with approval for use in Australia]
> > > 
> > > So, I still haven't received a single suggestion to this question:
> > > 
> > > > So, really, are there any decent solutions for asterisk use in
> > > > Australia?
> > > >
> > > > PS, currently I am using the TDM400B plus Traverse Netjet ISDN with I4L,
> > > > but this doesn't seem suitable quality for re-sale.
> > > 
> > > Add-on, I know this isn't suitable quality for re-sale because it uses I4L
> > > and not chan_capi, but I don't know of any chan_capi ISDN hardware which
> > is
> > > approved for use in Australia either.
> > 
> > (yes this thread is 3 months old)
> > 
> > The Australian distributor for AVM has AVM Fritz PCI cards for sale which are
> > A-ticked.
> > 
> > The price is steeper due to the cost of the A-tick.
> > 
> > cheers,
> > Woody
> > 
> > > If there was such a thing, this would at least easily enough provide 4
> > > channels + 8 extensions with 2 x ISDN + 2 x TDM400B cards.... Then of
> > > course, for 10 channels in with 14 extensions ?? Still need a channel bank
> > > solution, or force the use of an OnRamp 10 with the TE400P which doesn't
> > > have approval yet.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Adam
> > > 
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