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C F wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I wish you would know what you are talking about.
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<pre wrap="">We've got four TDM400P cards in one PC running without any trouble,
since January.
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Good for you, most people don't have it this way.
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<pre wrap="">It's not a fair comparison between new cards that come from Digium with
support and a second-hand channel bank from Ebay. If an analog phone
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Really???? Digium cards in such a setup *do have problems* (ask Digium
the will tell you the same), while a working channel bank if it works
*does not* have problems.
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<pre wrap="">interface doesn't work, I can figure out if the problem is the card, the
wiring, or the phone with a voltmeter, and unless the entire card gets
fried, it's just one phone that's out, and even so, unless the entire
computer is fried it's only four. If a T1 interface, technology with
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So why do phone companies not stick to a pair a copper for each line?
why do they use fiber lines?
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<pre wrap="">which I have no experience, fails, the entire system is out, and I don't
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So get the experience, by crying I don't have the experience you will
never get it.
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<pre wrap="">have a clue how to find out what the problem is, is it the wiring? The
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Well it's actualy easier with a T1, since there is only one line to
check, while with your 3 TDMs you have to first find the pair.
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<pre wrap="">channel bank? Is tab A plugged into slot B?
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Hmmmmmm, so you telling me that for wiring the TDMs you use pre
crimmped wires even when using 12 runs? you outa go to wiring school
as well, why don't you use a 66 or 110, it's much neater, and easier
to expand, move, or change.
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<pre wrap="">Did the channel bank turn
up on Ebay because someone else couldn't get it to work either?
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Looks like you don't know eBay (you even mispelled it).
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<pre wrap="">Lastly, I was told that I would have to bring in a technician to wire up a
channel bank, I didn't have to do any wiring with the TDM400P's - I
plugged in the cards, took the RJ-11's out of the PBX I was replacing,
and plugged them in to the cards.
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Exactly, because you havn't got a clue about wiring, you shouldn't be
touching phone systems at all.
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I'll apologize to the users and offer to put back the mechanical PBX
and 4-line phones that they were using before I committed my outrage.<br>
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