[asterisk-users] ATA shootout: PAP2T versus Grandstream Handytone 286

[David Backeberg]

I'm considering a situation where I buy about twenty ATA devices.

I've played with the Linksys / Cisco PAP2T, and got that working fine
with some inbound and outbound faxing. The web GUI was okay. I'm
seeing prices around $45 to $50 for this thing. It comes with two FXS
ports, but I only need one FXS.

I've seen the Grandstream Handytone 286 online. It looks promising as
an alternative to the PAP2T, and I'm seeing prices hovering between
$25 and $30.

I'm considering getting one of these Grandstream ATAs onsite to play
with before I make my final decision.

What do people think about both products?

Bonus points for if people have bulk deployed these, either with TFTP
and configs pushed from a server, or some other good idea.

It seems that the PAP2T does support TFTP and an XML-based config for
deployments...