[Asterisk-Users] Cost of IP Phones, or Isn't It Just Software?

[Chris Lee]

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> On the other hand...  Go take a look at all of the ~$100 wireless 
> router/firewall/print server/gateway boxes on the market, and you'll see 
> one thing that almost all of them have in common: they all run Linux.  
> Most of them are even based on the same small number of tools; things 
> like busybox and uclibc.  If you want to see cheap, powerful VoIP 
> phones, think about what they really need in terms of software, and then 
> set out to write it and license it so the phone companies can 
> incorporate it into their products.  I'm kind of amazed that FXS ports 
> aren't standard on medium-end home routers right now; they'd probably 
> only add $5-10 to the cost of the router, *IF* they had the software and 
> felt like the demand was there.

My Draytek ADSL 2600v comes with two FXS ports