Dave Donovan wrote: > Sorry I'm a little late to the thread but this question has puzzled me > as well. My key thing for me is hardware. > > On 6/27/07, *Joe Greco* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > > Thoughts? Who here has used BRI in North America? And when you > did, what > > interface hardware did you use? > > Well, at the time, there was pretty much nothing that was considered > to be > "reliably" supported by Asterisk for NA BRI. > > I picked up an Adtran Atlas 550 with a 4BRI-U interface and an octal > FXS, > and I use the unit's built-in T1 network port to connect to an Asterisk > box. This works nicely, except for the things for which it doesn't work > nicely. The box is fundamentally being used as a BRI<->PRI translator, > but gives me some neat extras. ..... > > > Has anyone else seen a working hardware solution that didn't cost an arm > and a leg? It seems to me that a BRI card should cost less than $100. > I think I remember a German friend telling me that they go for around > $40 dollars. > > I know that I can get a BRI with voice service out of Bell. I think > they have to provide it because of the CRTC tariffs.
The pricing from Telus wasn't that bad; it used to be much more expensive. > The thing that has stopped me from trying it in the past is the > uncertainty around hardware. Do I understand correctly that NA (North > American?) BRI is different from the European version and that European > hardware won't work? > > If I could get a card for a few hundred bucks then I'd be willing to > give this a shot. Unfortunately, I can't afford a few grand for the > Adtran setup described, although it does sound cool and the BRI<->PRI > conversion approach is a clever way of overcoming the hardware scarcity. Sangoma just came out with a BRI card. What's missing is a 2B1Q driver. I am trying to persuade them to write a 2B1Q driver for it. Dave -- if you would get in touch with them and add your voice to the chorus, it wouldn't hurt. I don't know what the price on the Sangoma card is, but it would be a couple hundred dollars, I suspect. Nowhere near the Adtran contraption previously described. The hardware for most cards is the same; the signalling is managed by the driver. The difference is just in the signalling; the technology is basically the same. > For the number of times that I see people trying to get digital style > features out of analog lines, and banging their head against the wall, > I'd love to get a BRI working and be able to tell you all how it worked > out. There's an untapped market here, for sure. -Stephen- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
