[asterisk-users] OT: USB T1/E1 Interface?

Leo Ann Boon leo at datvoiz.com
Fri May 4 16:28:00 MST 2007


Frank at explido.us wrote:
>> Why? There used to be a saying 'usb is for mice, firewire is for men',
>> though USB has grown a bit in bandwidth since then, it is still not very
>> well suited for a high sustained bandwidth. NOw T1/E1 is not that big, I
>> suspect a lack of demand. Havng a E1 termintae in your laptop is quite
>> useless, and a server usually has plenty of slots (if not, buy a bigger
>> server ;-).
>>     
Imagestream's low cost (about US$500) Envoy T1/E1 router actually uses 
a  USB T1/E1 WAN 'Card'. I wonder how difficult is it to repurpose that 
card for voice :).

Leo



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