[asterisk-users] Faxing success rate on PRI

[Gordon Henderson]

On Sun, 8 Mar 2009, Marco wrote:

> Hi List,
> I've been using PSTN-ATA + Asterisk + IAXModem + Hylafax since three years
> on my lab test setup and I appreciate it. Moreover the global quantity of
> fax handled by this setup is not very high.
>
> I'll be involved in a more complex system for a customer and I would like
> to ask to All of you if you have experiences and/or statistical results on
> faxing success and failure rate.
>
> The system I have to deploy will operate in the following context:
>
> - It will be interfaced to an E1 PRI
> - It will be able to send and receive faxes (by e-mail and/or virtual
> printers)
> - It will be able to send faxes from a normal fax machine.
>
> The system will be placed on the same building, i.e. only private ethernet
> trunks.
>
> I'm thinking to this type of solution:
> - Patton external unit for E1

Out of curiosity, why an external box rather than something like a TE120P 
PCI card?


> - Asterisk 1.4 + IAXModem + Hylafax
> - An external ATA for the fax machine
> but I'm open to any other possible solution (I'm thinking to have a
> demodulation on Patton and talk T38 with Asterisk 1.6).

Personally, I think you're adding complexity and can't see why that would 
be better than an on-board PRI card...

Gordon