[Asterisk-Users] Intel Modem vs Digium Cards

[Wolf Paul]

"dean collins" <dean at collins.net.pr> wrote:

>Rajeev, supporting Digium enables Asterisk to exist in the first place.
>
>Don't come asking for support here should you not be able to get these
>work alikes to operate correctly.
>
I don't know Rajeev's situation, but here is mine:

I am all for supporting Digium, and when I get ready to set up my 
production PBX I will buy
their cards.

However, those of us not working with hefty corporate budgets may not 
have the option of spending
$100 for a test machine when there's a more cost effective option available.

When I build my production machine, I will need multiple E1 ports; the 
FXO from the test machine will then
land on my pile of no-longer-needed hardware. I'd rather use a $7 card 
for that than spend $100 which I will not be able to recover.

(By the time I get two such Intel cards over here to Austria, I may well 
have spent $100 on shipping and customs charges, anyway).

If that warrants "don't come asking for support" then you guys are not 
much of a community but a sales
machine for Digium.