[Asterisk-Users] Choosing an FXO card

[mgraves at mstvp.com]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Choosing an FXO card
> From: Mike Hemstock <mike at csits.net>
> Date: Sun, January 15, 2006 6:18 pm
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I'm looking at buying an FXO card for my home Asterisk setup.  The question I 
> have is, should I got for a the Digium Wildcard FXO or settle for the 
> winmodem that Digium sell?  I have spoken to the UK distributor and they only 
> sell the Wildcard.  They said that the quality of the modem was questionable.  
> Does anyone have any experience of this?  Is the modem noticeably different 
> from the Wildcard in terms of quality?  Does it do things the modem doesn't?  
> Basically, it it worth putting out an extra £90 for the Wildcard?

Mike,

Save yourself the heartache and skip the local FXO if you can. I tried
several then just call forwarded the POTS line to an DID purchased from
an ITSP. Much better quality. No echo issues. No futzing about with
motherboards and IRQs.

Michael Graves
Sr Product Specialist
Pixel Power Inc
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