[asterisk-users] Best ATA. Period.

[Anthony Francis]

SIP wrote:
> Adam Moffett wrote:
>   
>> In all seriousness, my requirements were a little silly.  A Cisco router 
>> can fail just as a netgear router can.  But I think we would find Cisco 
>> failures to be statistically less likely.
>>
>> I also think we can agree that not all devices of a certain type are 
>> created equal.  Do you have any opinions on which VoIP products are more 
>> likely to be consistent and reliable?
>>
>>   
>>     
> Realistically, I've had issues with every ATA I've used to SOME degree. 
> The Leadtek BVA series has numerous issues. I've had bizarre things 
> occur in all of my Linksys/Sipura adapters(2000,3000,3201) (issues with 
> timeouts on a lost connection, NAT traversal, etc).  My Grandstream 
> HT486 and 488s have intermittent dialing failures. I've had a lot of 
> issues with the Audiocodes MPs.
>
> The only ATA I've NOT actually had any issues with has been my 
> Grandstream HT386. Granted, I have issues with its capabilities overall, 
> but on the whole, it's the only one that's not simply had some weird 
> random failure as the others have.
>
> Does this mean I'd recommend an HT386 as solid testing piece? Heavens 
> no. I'd probably recommend the Linksys SPA3102.  But be aware that there 
> ARE issues with just about all of them, and I doubt there have even been 
> enough variants sold/used by everyone to merit statistical analyses. 
> What you're going to get for recommendations will be, at best, anecdotal.
>
> N.
>
>   
I have had good luck with Cisco's ATA's.