[Asterisk-Users] X100P knock-off price jump

[Isamar Maia]

Ben,

I have heard that this card doesn't detect reverse polarity.
Then, it's not possible to make a driver for that.
But, no problem for TDM400P
I have found a person to help us on that.. call me when you have some
time.


Isamar

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:52:47 -0500, Nathan C. Smith <smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone know why the knock-off X100p prices have jumped?
>
> I assume that the modems with the right chipsets are being phased out
> of production.
>
> We have been trying to get hold of such modems here in Japan, not
> because they're cheaper but because it is next to impossible to sell
> an Asterisk solution to a Japanese company without having a card that
> has Japanese type approval. A modem that is being imported by a
> Japanese reseller which has already got that type approval would save
> us the pain and the cost to obtain type approval for the Digium X100P
> card.
>
> But if you ask anywhere in Japan about modems with the Intel 537 chip
> set, they laugh at you and say "that's at least three years out of
> date - we have newer chipsets now".
>
> We have also asked the Taiwanese supplier of those Japanese importers
> who used to sell those modems here in Japan if they still have the
> same product in their portfolio and they said they don't make them
> anymore.
>
> I guess, eventually somebody will have to go through the trouble to
> write a Zaptel driver for a newer chipset. Then again, modems are a
> dying breed. Here in Japan, modem cards are now considered to be a
> nostalgia item. I wouldn't be surprised if in a year from now, you
> will not even be able to buy any PCI modems anywhere in Japan other
> than in a few very trashy second hand shops. Korea may have reached
> that state already. The US is of course behind with broadband
> penetration.
>
> Hopefully, Digium can keep their suppler/manufacturer to continue
> making those X100P cards.
>
> rgds
> benjk
>
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