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

[Gary]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 23:13:58 -0500, Jon Pounder wrote:

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

Personally, not me, BUt unless there is the appropriate c-tick
(australian approval) we can't even legally sell a telephone related
product in this country & how can we convince a customer to buy an
"unauthorised" piece of equipment ?

>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)

Agreed on this one actually.

>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.

Yes, it does sound like an interesting device, but again it would
require "approval" plus does it have capability ? I refer to caller-id
pass thru etc.

>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.

not that much support around here for dialogic either....

>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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