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

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2010, David Backeberg wrote:

> 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...
>

PAP2T - excellent

Handytone - crap

Pretty much every large scale TSP has standardized on the PAP2T or 2102. 
There is a reason the Handytone is priced so low...

j