[asterisk-users] USA BRI -- any hope at all?
Michael Higgins
linux at evolone.org
Tue Jan 27 15:17:46 CST 2009
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:44:12 -0700
"Wilton Helm" <whelm at compuserve.com> wrote:
> I'm in the same boat and have been looking at this for several
> months, but haven't actually jumped in, hands-on, yet. No, I don't
> think the situation is as dismal as you paint it, although the lack
> of appropriate marketing for BRI in the US has all but killed it
> here, making it relatively unattractive to vendors.
Right. This is what I've come to understand from the archives.
> I have been
> advised of several cards that support it, but they were two or four
> port cards that were serious overkill for my application, and
I haven't found ONE card that supports it, so maybe we could compare notes?
Rather, can you tell me who claims to support what hardware, so I can confirm? '-)
> expectedly pricy as a result.
This isn't my $$ so I don't care about initial cost. I do care that it is proven, though.
> I am trying to use an HFC card, and
> have been advised that it is possible, but will take some digging and
> experimenting.
I have no time for digging and experimenting, unfortunately. I expect that time will be taken up entirely trying to install and configure asterisk.
>
> As near as I have been able to figure out, mISDN is the appropriate
> place to begin, but I haven't tried to sort it out, yet. There are a
> couple of other paths that might lead to a solution, but they seem to
> be less supported than mISDN at present (if that is even possible).
> It sounds like Dahdi is moving towards that, but I don't think its
> quite there, yet.
Okay, these are various driver protocols in the kernel/user space, right?
Since I haven't purchased anything, should I be analysing the rate and support for development of these different protocols and informing my decision that way?
>
> Qwest is one of the few providers I know of that prices BRI
> reasonably. I have one up and running on a TA and use it for my
> voice service. As soon as I can figure out mISDN, I plan to move it
> to Asterisk. (I'll keep a TA around for backup).
>
Hmm. Yes, Qwest 'BRI' was the intent... the problem is, any solution that doesn't lease equipment from the provider conflicts to their bottom-line interest, so I don't expect any help from them. Am I wrong in that?
At any rate, if you could send along some info about cards that are purported to work here, I'd *really* appreciate it. '-)
Thanks,
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