[Asterisk-Users] Re: Ethernet Channel Bank idea

[Matt Klein]

FXS vs FXO, listen.

I really didn't mean to present that as a perspective, only a challenge to 
shoot down an inflated price model for FXS ports.

If you mention FXO, I must mention $100 will not buy you what I am talking 
about. I am talking FXS ONLY.

I am too, interested, in an Ethernet Channel Bank. 

I will not mention PAP2-NA's for 2 Line VOIP FXS ports at $56 standard
retail each, nor will I mention SIP which comes standard with Asterisk to
ship VOIP calls to, and which passes G.729 across a T-1 or DSL to a device
which you can buy, such as a 7905, 7940, 7960 and I definitely won't point
you to buy a 729 license from
http://store.yahoo.com/asteriskpbx/asteriskg729.html.
or 'borrow' one from elsewhere.

Besides, GSM compression is pretty close.

etc etc etc

Big Difference between FXS and FXO.

And yes, point made, rural fxo bonding could be more cost friendly with
that type of a device.. as could already established lines. No installs 
etc.

Let me know if you every come up with a $400 48 Port FXO device.

With that, if as an FXO device, and not looking at FXS, the $400 is 
interesting.. considering only 2 points
	1) Call Answered is at Channel Bank level
	2) Call Delivered is only via Ethernet.

PSTN  -> | PM | -> *

Otherwise for twice the cost, I can do 4 ports @ $800.. vs 2 ports at 
$400. Matching cost and supporting open source software. 

Otherwise this is a null and void topic. Same cost per T? 

Am I wrong here?

 -m

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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Rich Adamson wrote:

> > Ethernet Channel Bank
> > 
> > Hmm.
> > 
> > Caught my attention for more than 34 hours, you win.
> > 
> > I'm getting 24 port carrier access channel banks for $100, Digium 4 Port
> > Cards for about $800 (T400P) a card.. Meaning a blended cost of ~$12.50
> > per channel NRC. I can mux up 96 channels for a cost of $12.50 per channel
> > all day long. And easily sell it at $25 to cover the cost of the box per
> > port, T-1 channel per port, and channel bank per port non recurring costs.
> 
> I'm also interested, but not from an I-can-buy-a-channel-bank-cheeper-
> then-you-can perspective.
> 
> Rather, an ethernet channel bank would make it very easy to pick up
> a flexible number of pstn-fxo lines at remote locations where I already
> have Internet presence. I don't need any T1 cards to extend the reach
> into small towns and cities. :)
> 
> 
> 
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