[Asterisk-Users] Linksys PAP2-NA

[Andres]

Brandon Patterson (peering) wrote:

>This is about big business. No ILEC is going to just sit idle and watch
>billions in revenue go out the window. It will be interesting to see if port
>blocking ever becomes an issue. Did I buy my Internet service with out
>without restrictions? Hmmmm. Cisco sells to Telco's and Cable guys. Vonage
>has serious $ so I would expect serious business moves on their part. There
>is no way the excuse you were given is true. The real reason? Vonage
>probably went nuts and told Cisco to fix the problem. I know I would, how
>about the rest of you? There are other providers of hardware starting to
>gear up for mass production of terminal adapters. It will all happen before
>the end of the year.
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I think part of the reason also is that Sipura did not like the Linksys 
move.  It undermined their ability to sell their units at $75+, while 
Linksys sold them for under $50.   I have heard of other companies 
(besides us) who have also slammed hard down on Sipura with this issue.  
Even those who buy quantities of 2000+ at a time do not even get a price 
below $50 from Sipura.  I would speculate that Sipura and Cisco got 
together in the last couple of days and decided it was in their best 
interest to pull these off of the market for now.  They will probably 
come back later at a higher price more in line with what Sipura would 
approve of.

>Brandon
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Andres
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