[asterisk-users] Questions on X100P/X101P cards

[John Novack]

Jonathan Moore wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:47 PM, ContactTel Business
> <lists at contacttel.com> wrote:
>   
>> I'd say in life you get what you pay for.. and sometime you even pay for
>> stuff that should be free..
>>     
>
> I have to agree.
>
> I have a few of these cards I started out with.  They were great for the "wow, I finally got asterisk to do something" but worthless for actually running in a system for any kind of real work.  That being said, I have every intention of leaving one in the system as a quick way to get a cordless phone in our work area (we have an old cordless telephone laying around... hook it up, lets me call up front with no problems... that I can't live with).
>
>   
Not sure how you would do that, as the X100 card is an FXO card, won't 
provide either battery or dial tone to the cordless.
What you will want for that is an FXS card or ATA.
The X100 card will connect to a central office line, and with the later 
software echo cancel works OK. Not nearly as bad as some have made it 
out to be, though for US/Canada lines.  Not suitable for UK and others

John Novack

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