[Asterisk-Users] Intel Modem vs Digium Cards

[Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:08:43 +0200, Wolf Paul <wnp at doulos.at> wrote:
> I am all for supporting Digium, and when I get ready to set up my
> production PBX I will buy their cards.

If you are a newbie, then I'd actually recommend you consider spending
the extra money on Digium's X100P because it comes with installation
support included. The first time you build an Asterisk box with FXO
and/or FXS interfaces you'll find Digium's support very handy and
worthwhile paying a bit more.

Having said that, you have a good case in favour of the Intel modems
if you are in a country where the X100P doesn't have type approval but
you can find an Intel modem (with the right chipset) that does. In
such a case, using the Intel modem might be the only legal way to
connect your Asterisk box to an analog PSTN line.

In respect of contributing back to the community, there are many ways
how you can do that. You could always pay Digium for support directly
or you could hire them for some work you need done. You could write
some piece of software like an add-on utility or a useful script etc
etc and release it under an open source license. You could help
writing documentation or amend the Wiki with something you have done
that is of interest to others. Finally, as you learn more about
Asterisk you can help newbies by answering questions on this list or
in the IRC channel.

rgds
benjk

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