[Asterisk-biz] 4xT1/E1 cards on SALE!

[BJ Weschke]

On 12/23/05, VOIP Hardware <something.voip at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 12/23/05, BJ Weschke <bweschke at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  These look very much like the 1st gen Tor2 PCI cards for which the
> > gerber designs are open sourced and readily available. The
> > www.govarion.com folks have already been working this route for some
> yes, however they're doing the 1st gen version and for much higher price
>
> > time. They give a processor in the machine a run for its money and
> > then some by bombarding it with interrupts. Cards work, about as well
> > as the 1st gen Digium cards did, performance wise.  What have you done
> > to prevent that or is the discounted price the only advantage to
> > these?
>
> These work better than 1st gen cards Digium since at that time they
> didn't utilise the PCI burst transfers.
>
> As far as CPU being bombarded by interrupts ... welcome to Zaptel and
> Asterisk...
> _ALL_ zaptel based cards do that.
>
> So:
>
> 1) better than 1st generation Tor2
> 2) simultanous T1/E1 support (TE400P)
> 3) the price
> 4) the best support you can get for Asterisk
>

 I don't agree with your statement about "ALL zaptel based cards do
that". There are proven facts and data that show that the next gen
Digium firmware and cards perform substantially better than prior
generations. There is a difference, and folks shouldn't just accept
the fact that you've got to throw a dual CPU machine at one card just
to do 4 DS1's of g711.
 But, the industry and the market would likely go stagnant without
competition offered by folks like you, so best of luck in your
venture. For me, I think I'll continue to stick with the folks that
helped put together the original design and drivers you're using in
your product now.

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