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<DIV><SPAN class=640411315-19022003><FONT size=2>I was just thinking that
connecting to handsets seems to be a major shortcoming at the
moment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640411315-19022003><FONT size=2>You can purchase an expensive
channel bank and a card to drive it or not much else.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640411315-19022003><FONT size=2>Is it possible to make an
asterisk system that will connect to say 16 handsets using using 16 USB
adaptors?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640411315-19022003><FONT size=2>Would it work with the current
software setup? Would USB be good enough for it? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640411315-19022003><FONT size=2>(Maths tells me that 16 * 64k =
1 Mbps which a single USB channel should be able to handle, but is it
true?)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640411315-19022003><FONT size=2>Ultimately, would it not be
possible to make a USB channel bank? Plug it into an Asterisk
server?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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