[Asterisk-Users] IP FXS channel bank

[Anton Tinchev]

el Flynn wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm trying to get hold of an evaluation IP-enabled FXS channel bank. I'm 
> not sure if it's more a channel bank, or should be called a 
> multiport-ATA. Oh well.
> 
> On the surface it looks quite nice - 16 FXS ports, and since it's 
> connected to the network I can do away with an E1/T1 connection required 
> of the normal channel banks (if it can be called that :)
> 
> Here are some features I got from the brochure:
> 
> 1. MGCP, H.323 (v4) and SIP support
> 2. Selectable, multiple codes (g711/g723/g729A) per channel
> 3. G.168/165-compliant adaptive echo cancellation
> 4. Echo canceller jitter buffer, VAD and CNG
> 5. complete voice band signalling support
> 6. provides inband/outband DTMF generation/detection
> 7. provides call progress tones
> 8. web management interface
> 9. LAN (10/100) and WAN RJ-45 ports
It looks like a standart VoIP box, not like a channel bank.....
Of course it will be worse than a T1 card with CAC Channel bank.