[Asterisk-Users] Re: Ethernet Channel Bank idea

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On December 15, 2004 05:29 am, Matt Klein wrote:
> If you mention FXO, I must mention $100 will not buy you what I am talking
> about. I am talking FXS ONLY.

You can't find an FXO channel bank for $100.  FXS sure, FXS channel banks are 
a dime a dozen.  FXO ports are damned expensive, especially if they have 
far-end disconnect supervision.

> 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.

For 2 ports the PAP2-NA's fine.  Do you really want 12 of them, a switch and a 
wall full of wall warts (plus the associated cabling and rise in temp over 
ambient) that goes with this solution?

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

Hell let me know if you ever find a $400 24 port FXO channel bank that does 
far-end disconnect supervision!

-A.