[Asterisk-Users] S100U == DEAD !

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Tuesday 04 March 2003 02:35 pm, John Lange wrote:
> We have a S100U which we were using as our sole internal phone
> extension.
>
> Today it died.
>
> Picking up the phone now results in a brief dialtone followed by
> bursts of random static and crackling noises and then a second or
> two of fast-busy followed by silence and more crackling noises.
>
> I've tried the hardware attached to a couple of different machines
> as well as a couple of different phones. Having eliminated the
> machine itself and the phones I can only conclude that the S100U is
> the cause.
>
> Ours always was problematic being subject to frequently
> disconnections which I traced to an abnormally high sensitivity to
> static-electric shock. I can only assume that it got zapped once
> two many times and now no longer works.
>
> I'm not really sure what to do now. We can't afford a channel bank
> and it hardly seems sensible to purchase another S100U.
>
> Any suggestions?

How about getting an Internet PhoneJack (~$160 for PCI)?

http://www.linuxjack.com

-Tilghman