[Asterisk-Users] Pros and Cons of T1/E1 cards

Joe Pukepail pukepail at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 12:40:00 MST 2005


I haven't heard of this product before so I did some searches on the
Internet, this card is $5,400 for a single span T1 card?  ouch!

http://www.eiconworks.com/DivaServerV-PRI_T1%20.asp


On 11/25/05, David Waugh <David.Waugh at eicon.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> I'm going to have to disagree with some previous posts.
>
> The Eicon Diva Server PRI/E1/T1 cards support an E1 interface and reduce
> the load of the call handling, echo cancellation etc as this is all
> processed on board on the card, and not on the central CPU of the computer.
>
> You can use the CAPI interface of the card combined with chan_capi_cm with
> the card.
> I have not found any problems when using different kernels or different
> versions of asterisk.
> I have one setup in our test lab here at Eicon with Asterisk so it does
> work!
>
> You can have up to 8 Diva Server cards in once machine - including a
> mixture of the analog and BRI cards.
>
> The Diva Server cards in two variants - the V-Series if you only want to
> use them with Voice based applications and the normal All-in-one cards if
> you want to do fax and RAS too.
>
> If you need any more information let me know, and I will assist further
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of John
> Daragon
> Sent: 25 November 2005 00:46
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Pros and Cons of T1/E1 cards
>
>
> Hi;
>
> We're looking to standardise on a single family of E1 PRI cards.
>
> I guess our options are :
>
> Digium     / Zaptel / libpri
> Sangoma    / Zaptel / Wanpipe
> AVM        / CAPI
> eIcon      / CAPI
> Junghanns  / Bristuff
>
> Can anyone share any comparative experience of these, please ? Do they
> differ much in terms of interrupt requirement, CPU load &c ?
>
> Any info gratefully received.
>
> jd
>
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