[Asterisk-Users] Up coming FXS card.. but what about FX0?

[Jon Pounder]

Well for those of you living under fear of the phone cops :

1) I can't see how you need any sort of permission to hook up an fxs port - 
it does not connect to anything more than a telephone. Same way the phone 
company has no jurisdiction over your mouse, the phone is just another 
peripheral. (with longer wires)

2) for the fxo ports, why not just get something like the fxs -> fxo 
converter being talked about on here lately - get one that is approved in 
your country and you keep the phone cops happy since that is what is 
plugged in your line.

While I agree this idea has merit - its already been done - look at 
dialogic for example ... the higher density cards are much cheaper per port 
than the voicetronix stuff.


At 01:54 PM 3/29/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:13:01 +1000 AEST, Jim Gottlieb wrote:
>
> >
> >> Consider a card which could be configured as selectable fxo or fxs and
> >> 12 to 20 ports.
> >
> >Sounds to me like a channel bank.
> >
>
>Ah, but its not !!
>
>See the problem is that you guys are thinking wrong (in my opinion) and
>very local based.
>
>Consider that for the moment such devices as channel banks DID NOT
>exisit. Then consider that in many parts of the world they dont !!
>
>Why not have a PCI card with configurable ports (FXS/FXO) ?
>
>Yes voicetronics do have one, but lets be honest, its not support in
>asterisk and it is quite overpriced (especially for the local
>australian market).... Why spedn $USD2k = roughly $AUD4k plus 10% local
>tax when you can go out an buy a key system for less ??
>
>Channels banks are not the answer either, you still need another card
>(e1/t1) to drive it.
>
>With what I am suggesting, you AVOID the need of a channel bank and a
>t1/e1 card especially when you only have normal analogue PSTN lines
>available. If you do have PRI/BRI then the appropriate card is
>available.
>
>Now of course if such a card became available and it was designed/built
>correctly we could even get local approval and actually use "legally"
>
>Gary
>
>PS: don't forget cut down versions on same board = approval as well, so
>more for the same cost
>
>.
>
>
>
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