Quoting Stephen Bosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
http://www.sangoma.com/datasheets/A500BRI is that the card you mean ? it says it supports asterisk > 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 > Jon Pounder _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ Inline Internet Systems Inc. Thorold, Ontario, Canada Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions www.inline.net www.ihtml.com www.ihtmlmerchant.com www.opayc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ --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
