[asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Sasa Bobek
Hi all, We have been planing for a long time to set up GSM mobile trunks for termination, and were planing on going with analog GSM adapters connected to a VoIP gateway. Should we be concerned with such a set-up as far as voice quality and other issues are concerned? Any experiences with GSM

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Sasa Bobek wrote: Hi all, We have been planing for a long time to set up GSM mobile trunks for termination, and were planing on going with analog GSM adapters connected to a VoIP gateway. Should we be concerned with such a set-up as far as voice quality and other issues

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Sasa Bobek
The price difference is HUGE. Analog i about 66% cheaper. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Gordon Henderson gordon+aster...@drogon.net gordon%2baster...@drogon.net wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Sasa Bobek wrote: Hi all, We have been planing for a long time to set up GSM mobile trunks for

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Duncan Turnbull
Yip the VoiceBlue SIP units are very good but a bit pricey Gordon Henderson wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Sasa Bobek wrote: Hi all, We have been planing for a long time to set up GSM mobile trunks for termination, and were planing on going with analog GSM adapters connected to a VoIP

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Sasa Bobek
Yup, even costlier than Portech. And we also tried chan_mobile as a low cost alternative, but that seems to be very buggy. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Duncan Turnbull dun...@e-simple.co.nzwrote: Yip the VoiceBlue SIP units are very good but a bit pricey Gordon Henderson wrote: On Tue,

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Sasa Bobek wrote: The price difference is HUGE. Analog i about 66% cheaper. But you then need some sort of analogue adapter/interface to feed the analogue GSM module... Although if you've already got this, it's a obviously a cheaper option. However, here in the UK,

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Sasa Bobek
Thanks for the info Gordon. Just what I was looking for. I think I have seen one of the telecom FM units, it actually has a whole phone inside :) In my end of the world things are quite different :) Portech costs an average of 160E per port, and the cost of the GSM adapter including the cost of

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Sasa Bobek wrote: Thanks for the info Gordon. Just what I was looking for. I think I have seen one of the telecom FM units, it actually has a whole phone inside :) They're designed for remote areas - they are wall mountable and have an external antenna socket and an

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM mobile trunks

2009-06-23 Thread Michael Graves
Have you seen the new GSM module for the TDM-400 card? It fits right in where you would normally have an FXO or FXS daughter card. Not sure about the price but it stands to be cheaper than any external device. Also allows for considerable density. Not sure about availability.