[asterisk-users] Best ATA. Period.

[SIP]

Adam Moffett wrote:
> In all seriousness, my requirements were a little silly.  A Cisco router 
> can fail just as a netgear router can.  But I think we would find Cisco 
> failures to be statistically less likely.
>
> I also think we can agree that not all devices of a certain type are 
> created equal.  Do you have any opinions on which VoIP products are more 
> likely to be consistent and reliable?
>
>   
Realistically, I've had issues with every ATA I've used to SOME degree. 
The Leadtek BVA series has numerous issues. I've had bizarre things 
occur in all of my Linksys/Sipura adapters(2000,3000,3201) (issues with 
timeouts on a lost connection, NAT traversal, etc).  My Grandstream 
HT486 and 488s have intermittent dialing failures. I've had a lot of 
issues with the Audiocodes MPs.

The only ATA I've NOT actually had any issues with has been my 
Grandstream HT386. Granted, I have issues with its capabilities overall, 
but on the whole, it's the only one that's not simply had some weird 
random failure as the others have.

Does this mean I'd recommend an HT386 as solid testing piece? Heavens 
no. I'd probably recommend the Linksys SPA3102.  But be aware that there 
ARE issues with just about all of them, and I doubt there have even been 
enough variants sold/used by everyone to merit statistical analyses. 
What you're going to get for recommendations will be, at best, anecdotal.

N.