[Asterisk-Users] Packet8 VOIP service now 1/2 the price

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Monday 09 June 2003 05:02 pm, asterisk at sasami.anime.net wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Jim Flagg wrote:
> > See this for one review.
> > http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2003-March/00944
> >6.html I think some other people have it working but I am not sure
> > if they got all the bugs out.
>
> Too bad noone makes a cheap ethernet FXO. Why is it always FXS...

Probably because FXS is an endpoint.  FXO ports interface between
disparate networks, so they need a bit more intelligence (which is
what Asterisk provides).  And there's that small matter of FCC
regulations for connecting a device to the PSTN.

-Tilghman