[asterisk-users] Analog modem as phone

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 02:40:49PM -0600, Greg Woods wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 21:18 +0200, Ronny Forberger wrote:
> > I want to use a analog V.92 modem to make outgoing (and possibly)  
> > incoming phone call through a standard analog phone line.
> 
> When I asked this question, I was basically told that it isn't possible.
> The problem is along the lines that the modem uses many more wavelengths
> and more bandwidth than a regular phone does, so this won't work through
> the card. I have found that I can send outgoing faxes, and incoming
> faxes redirected to this modem also work, but I have to patch the modem
> through directly to the wall plate in order to be able to make dialup
> connections.

Unless I misread the OP and the followups, Greg, Ronny isn't trying to
use a modem as an FXS device to talk through his Asterisk box, he wants
to use it as a one-channel FXO interface to let the Asterisk box talk
to the PSTN.

Cheers,
-- jra
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