[Asterisk-Users] experience with multi-port SIP/FXS gateways?

[John Sellens]

I'm proposing an asterisk configuration and considering the use of
multiport SIP/FXS gateways (instead of T1 cards and channel banks).
I'm looking for products similar in function to the Cisco ATA-186,
but with more ports.

I've seen the manufacturer's web pages for the Audiocodes MediaPack
(http://www.audiocodes.com/) and the Mediatrix (http://www.mediatrix.com/)
access devices.

Does anyone have any experiences to share with these or similar
devices, or opinions on the relative merits of gateways vs channel
banks?

Thanks very much!

John
jsellens at generalconcepts.com