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<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all, I am a huge
fan of Sangoma cards after having many problems with digium cards and then
switching to sangoma cards and them giving me excellent support with excellent
results.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial size=2>That being said,
they are also alot more money than the Rhino cards and my friend currently has 1
digium 4 fxo card in their system and they need to add another phone line, plus
they have echo problems and quality problems from time to time. So my plan
was to get them a 4 port fxo card with echo cancelling and use that for their 4
lines and use 1 of the ports on the old digium card for the 5th
line.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sangoma 4 port
fxo echo cancelling card is about $700 with shipping, and for me to get a 6
port card would be close to $900 with shipping. My friend cant afford the
$900 card but it would be nice to be able to get rid of the digium card
completely since it works poorly and i dont know if there would be conflicts
with a digium card and a sangoma/rhino card together, maybe irq
issues...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial size=2>So they told me
about the rhino cards which are much more affordable and have echo cancelling,
$400 for a 4 port fxo card with echo cancelling and $600 for a 6 port fxo card
with echo cancelling. These are much more in my friends price range but I
have never used rhino cards and dont know how their quality is, how their echo
canceller is, and how they work with asterisk including if they work with zaptel
natively or need cumbersome drivers, etc. Also if they are field
upgrabable so you can upgrade the firmware like you can with sangoma
cards. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial size=2>So any help or
experience would be great. Sangoma will always be my number 1 choice but
when the money is tighter, it would be nice to have a cheaper option IF the
quality is the same. I know they both have 5 year warranties but i have
had so many issues with this asterisk install from faulty digium cards, to echoy
digium cards, to the dreaded snom 360 phones, to the even more dreaded gxp2000
phones, its been one night mare and problem after another, i want to get things
working great once and for all and for a long time! I am sure you all can
understand that :) So if i have to make my friend spend the extra or make
due with 4 ports + using the old card for the 5th port, so be
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921321900-20022008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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