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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have wanted to setup an Asterisk system for several months but have
been unable to do so because I lacked the funds for a T1 card to connect my
channel bank to the server. Recently, I acquired several Brooktrout T1/E1 interface
(PRI-PCI48VC/PRI-PCI64V-C) cards for the PCI bus. According to the Brooktrout web
site</span></font></p>
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href="http://www.brooktrout.com/products/netaccess_pri_pci/specs.html">http://www.brooktrout.com/products/netaccess_pri_pci/specs.html</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Linux drivers are available for these cards but I don’t as yet
know if they are open source. Brooktrout makes several references to the software
development package that comes with the cards (I only received the hardware) so
I think there is a good chance that the drivers are open source. Assuming that
I can obtain the Brooktrout Linux drivers and they are open source, can I use
these cards with Asterisk or would Asterisk specific drivers be required?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Regards,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>George Bean</span></font></p>
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