Well for those of you living under fear of the phone cops :
1) I can't see how you need any sort of permission to hook up an fxs port - it does not connect to anything more than a telephone. Same way the phone company has no jurisdiction over your mouse, the phone is just another peripheral. (with longer wires)
2) for the fxo ports, why not just get something like the fxs -> fxo converter being talked about on here lately - get one that is approved in your country and you keep the phone cops happy since that is what is plugged in your line.
While I agree this idea has merit - its already been done - look at dialogic for example ... the higher density cards are much cheaper per port than the voicetronix stuff.
At 01:54 PM 3/29/2003 +1000, you wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:13:01 +1000 AEST, Jim Gottlieb wrote:
> >> Consider a card which could be configured as selectable fxo or fxs and >> 12 to 20 ports. > >Sounds to me like a channel bank. >
Ah, but its not !!
See the problem is that you guys are thinking wrong (in my opinion) and very local based.
Consider that for the moment such devices as channel banks DID NOT exisit. Then consider that in many parts of the world they dont !!
Why not have a PCI card with configurable ports (FXS/FXO) ?
Yes voicetronics do have one, but lets be honest, its not support in asterisk and it is quite overpriced (especially for the local australian market).... Why spedn $USD2k = roughly $AUD4k plus 10% local tax when you can go out an buy a key system for less ??
Channels banks are not the answer either, you still need another card (e1/t1) to drive it.
With what I am suggesting, you AVOID the need of a channel bank and a t1/e1 card especially when you only have normal analogue PSTN lines available. If you do have PRI/BRI then the appropriate card is available.
Now of course if such a card became available and it was designed/built correctly we could even get local approval and actually use "legally"
Gary
PS: don't forget cut down versions on same board = approval as well, so more for the same cost
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