[asterisk-users] ATA shootout: PAP2T versus Grandstream Handytone 286

[Dean Hoover]

On 4/29/2010 3:10 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010, David Backeberg wrote:
>
>> I'm considering a situation where I buy about twenty ATA devices.
>>
>> I've played with the Linksys / Cisco PAP2T, and got that working fine
>> with some inbound and outbound faxing. The web GUI was okay. I'm
>> seeing prices around $45 to $50 for this thing. It comes with two FXS
>> ports, but I only need one FXS.
>>
>> I've seen the Grandstream Handytone 286 online. It looks promising as
>> an alternative to the PAP2T, and I'm seeing prices hovering between
>> $25 and $30.
>>
>> I'm considering getting one of these Grandstream ATAs onsite to play
>> with before I make my final decision.
>>
>> What do people think about both products?
>>
>> Bonus points for if people have bulk deployed these, either with TFTP
>> and configs pushed from a server, or some other good idea.
>>
>> It seems that the PAP2T does support TFTP and an XML-based config for
>> deployments...
>>
>
> PAP2T - excellent
>
> Handytone - crap
>
> Pretty much every large scale TSP has standardized on the PAP2T or 2102.
> There is a reason the Handytone is priced so low...
>
> j
>

I agree with Jeff.

I use a PAP2T for home (one SIP connection to Broadvoice and the other 
to our work Asterisk) and has worked near flawlessly.  My first ATA was 
the HT286, and just does not hold a candle.

Dean