[Asterisk-Users] Best FXO hardware for home use

[Rich Adamson]

> > There is no doubt that given a particular scenario, anything won't work
> > properly. This is not necessarily a problem with the SPA3000 or the TDM
> > cards, this is much more of a phone line issue. Granted, those devices don't
> > handle line issues as well as some other devices (such as the long loop
> > issue you mentioned) but to write them off as being poor products I felt was
> > a bit overkill. I have several very successful installs with TDM cards and
> > SPA3000s and on the other hand I have an install that nothing seems to want
> > to work with the PSTN lines that are there. So while I do agree with you on
> > what the actual issue is, I don't think it is 100% fair to write off the
> > SPA3000 in all cases.
> > 
> > Kerry Garrison
> > Director of Technical Services
> > Tech Data Pros - Orange County's Mobile IT Service Provider
> > (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg at techdatapros.com
> > http://www.techdatapros.com
> > 
> 
> I have had nothing but problems with echo on my spa3000.  I finally got
> it to work most of the time, but only after going back to the 3.1.3
> firmware.  The 3.1.5 and 3.1.7 firmware cause echo for me.

And that happens to be one of the recommendations from the Sipura/Linksys
support folks as well. Seems they know there is a problem, but aren't
addressing it for some reason.