[Asterisk-Users] Welcome

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

> Anyone know of any good VoIP phones for about $50.
>
You should probably try to shell out a little more and get quality 
phones, it really makes a difference. Alternatively, I've found that 
SIPURA ATAs sound great (they have really good echo cancel too).


> Lastly how do you fell about the 1 FXO port cards that sell on ebay 
> for about $10.
>
Cheap clone cards work OK in my experience. In fact I've got better 
experience with a Digitnetworks crappy clone card than with Digium's 
genuine TDM400... YMMV greatly.

Or another approach would be to get a SPA-3k which will bridge PSTN with 
Asterisk and give you an FXS port too.


> I have tired Vonage and Packet8 VoIP services and I guess I just don’t 
> have enough bandwidth here in the country to use them, lots of bad 
> calls. Thanks for all your help.
>
If bandwith is an issue, then you should prolly try to find a provider 
which supports iLBC, GSM or g.729 codec.

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.