Hacking those Cisco ATA WAS: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and * (and what about those ATAs?)

[Angus Berry]

If anyone is successful then it wouldn't hurt to make a small on-line
donation to http://www.savethechildren.com who can probably use it more
than Vonage... with all due respect to Vonage

On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 06:48, Joe Baptista wrote:
> I have not tried this
> 
> http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0703/0703CC.htm
> 
> but hopefully it will save the two of you 15 bucks.
> 
> regards
> joe
> 
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Jay Milk wrote:
> 
> > This is straight from the horse's mouth -- Vonage will unlock my ATA for
> > $15.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Timothy
> > Spaulding
> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:54 PM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and * (and what about those ATAs?)
> >
> >
> > Will Vonage unlock your ATA for you for the $15? Or someone else?
> >
> > I have an ATA from them I would like to use with asterisk as well.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jay Milk
> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:16 PM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and * (and what about those ATAs?)
> >
> > I asked Vonage innocently about Asterisk integration -- basically
> > explaining that any line that comes in on an ATA (rather than direct to
> > the * server) costs me an extra $80 for an FXO card.  Made the statement
> > that I pretty much need to quit my $60/month Vonage habit unless they
> > provide Asterisk support.
> >
> > Response was that they are currently working on it (I offered
> > beta-assistance, but they're "not that far yet").  Bottom line: No
> > Asterisk support in the near future.
> >
> > Next I inquired about the fate of my two ATAs:  Cancelling will get me
> > charged $40 cancellation fee.  For an additional $15, I can have them
> > unlocked -- and "they're fully usable, you won't need a Cisco license".
> > Considering that sending them back will probably cost me $10, I can keep
> > my two used ATA186s for $50/each.  I don't like having to pay for the
> > "free ATA" that was advertised, but I don't think I'll be able to get
> > two working ATAs for the same price anywhere else.
> >
> > Vonage, thine days are numbered.
> >
> > On the up-side, I got my RH9 system set up with Asterisk (CVS 4/28), one
> > SIP phone, IAXTel and FWD.  Amazingly trouble-free installation, except
> > for the choppy voice-mail prompts (I know, no zaptel card yet). Asterisk
> > rocks, but I'm sure you people know that.
> >
> > Now off to ordering my hardware from the good folks at Digium.
> >
> >
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