I appreciate the input, but after doing a little research on that card, it looks like I'll still need the channel bank, I think with some carefull ebaying, I should be able to do the hardware canceling for about $1000 less then what i saw the 104d card for. not to mention it seems total overkill, I've got a wimpy 10 pstn phone lines, a quad T1 card seems a little excessive to me. If there was a single T1 with the G.168 echo canceler card for say $800, I'd be all over that (still researching).
I've got all this extra cpu power, and nothing to use it on ;) in the mean time, I'll put the 104d card on the list of possibilities, Thanks, Gerard Saraber [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 17:26 -0800, Canuck15 wrote: > Gerard, > > Just get yourself a Sangoma card with hardware echo can and be done with it. > It is worth every penny just for the headaches it will save you. It's a > better solution for most situations compared to a channel bank. Cheaper, > simpler and works just as good IMHO. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerard Saraber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:20 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] more cpu intensive echo cancellers ? > > Thanks for the quick reply :) > It happens when we call a lot of different people, and obviously doesn't > happen with our old analog phone system, so even if its caused by someone > else, *we* still have to fix it. > we're kind of weighing our options, I'm hoping to take care of this with > some fancy software, but if not we'll be going the hardware canceller route. > > Thanks, > Gerard Saraber > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 11:45 -0800, Michael Collins wrote: > > Gerard, > > > > I'll bet your side is working great for echo cancellation. It sounds > > like the equipment at the other end of the call might need some help. > > You know the old rule if you and I are talking on the phone: If I hear > > echo, you've got a problem; if you hear echo, I've got a problem. If > > only all echo problems were so easy to diagnose! In any case, is it > > possible that some of the echo you're hearing is being caused by poor > > echo handling on the other end of the line? > > > > Just a thought. > > > > -MC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerard > > Saraber > > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:03 AM > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] more cpu intensive echo cancellers ? > > > > Hi, > > I've had some decent luck with the mark3 echo canceller from the > > zaptel driver, echos on about 20% of the calls, people I've called say > > I sound great now, but our side hears echos. > > I was wondering if there was any way to tweak the current software > > cancelers into using more CPU (and hopefully doing a better job, close > > to a hardware canceler), I only have 10 lines, and a single call takes > > 0.5% cpu, I would have no problem if it went up to 5-10% if they would > > work better. > > Or should I just give up now and buy the channel bank, tellabs > > hardware echo canceler and a T1 pci card? (hope TDM400P cards have > > decent resale value ;) > > > -- > Regards, > Gerard Saraber > Network Admin, Rarcoa, Inc. > (630) 654-2580 x11 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Regards, Gerard Saraber Network Admin, Rarcoa, Inc. (630) 654-2580 x11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
