[Asterisk-Users] Best ATA for general residential deployment??

[Rich Adamson]

Very well said and I couldn't agree more!!!

Rich

The VoIP Connection wrote:
> Not true.  There are hundreds of thousands of Grandstream adapters in 
> use around the world.  Grandstream support is not perfect, but it is as 
> good or better better than most vendors, including Linksys/Sipura. The 
> Grandstreams do currently have a bug with header compression right now 
> that causes problems for some PPPoE setups, but it's getting fixed.  The 
> newest firmware is very stable overall.
>  
> We work with almost every device and they all have some issues.  If you 
> consider the vast variety of different equipment that these things have 
> to be interoperable with you can begin to appreciate how challenging it 
> is to make them work properly.  Given the dynamic nature of the 
> environment, there will always be a certain number of situations where a 
> given product doesn't perform.
>  
> I stand by my original assertion.  The Linksys line of products are also 
> excellent, but they are considerably more expensive for the same 
> functionality. 
> 
> Michael Crown
> Managing Partner
> www.thevoipconnection.com
> 321.989.6728 ext. 611
> sip:611 at voiceserver.thevoipconnection.com
> 
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>     *From:* broadbandvoice at comcast.net [mailto:broadbandvoice at comcast.net]
>     *Sent:* Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:12 AM
>     *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>     *Subject:* RE: [Asterisk-Users] Best ATA for general residential
>     deployment??
> 
>     Grandstreams are totally useless, I had to switch all my phones to
>     Linksys. Grandstream will not even support you and their router side
>     do not work for the 486 or 496.
>      
> 
>         -------------- Original message --------------
>         From: "Andre Rodrigues (Cheyenne)"
>         <andre.rodrigues at cheyenne-pt.com>
> 
>          > I have more than 20 ATA 386. They can not work for more than
>         one day without
>          > a local and "hard reboot". Do no buy these ata please!!!
>          >
>          > Regards
>          > Amr
>          >
>          > -----Original Message-----
>          > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>          > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
>         The VoIP
>          > Connection
>          > Sent: quarta-feira, 22 de Fevereiro de 2006 23:11
>          > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
>          > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Best ATA for general
>         residential deployment??
>          >
>          > Absolutely. HT-486 is my pick for best all-around unit based
>         on ease-of-use,
>          > value, performance and reliability. -Mike
>          >
>          > Michael Crown
>          > Managing Partner
>          > www.thevoipconnection.com
>          > 321.989.6728 ext. 611
>          > sip:611 at voiceserver.thevoipconnection.com
>          >
>          > > -----Original Message-----
>          > > From: Martin Joseph [mailto:ast at stillnewt.org]
>          > > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:10 PM
>          > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>          > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Best ATA for general
>          > > residential deployment??
>          > >
>          > >
>          > > On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Rusty Dekema wrote:
>          > >
>          > > > On 2/22/06, Matt wrote:
>          > > >> Yes.. there are provisioning tools that you have to get.
>          > > >> Unfortunately it's this catch 22 loop. You have to prove
>         that you
>          > > >> can offer 200+ ATAs to customers, or you can't get the
>         tools, but
>          > > >> yet, you don't really want to offer those ATAs to the
>         customer's
>          > > >> without having the tools.
>          > > >
>          > > > This sounds like yet another reason to avoid purchasing
>         Sipura
>          > > > equipment and supporting Sipura in any way. I don't know
>         about you
>          > > > guys, but I have better things to do than screw around
>         with asinine
>          > > > vendor policies that make it more difficult than
>         necessary to get
>          > > > things done.
>          > > >
>          > > True, but it's kind of a "pick your poison" situation in my
>         opinion.
>          > > Ht-486 anyone?