> > The data-only cards for DS3 seem to be in the "reasonable" price > range, though I have _no_ idea if they could be turned into > TDM-capable cards. Examples that were shown to me: > > http://oem.imagestream.com/PCI_720.html > http://www.ace-electronics.com/Hardware/T1E1J1/wanPCI-1T3.html > > A little more time with Google perhaps would discover other > solutions. These are, from what I gather, very inexpensive devices > in the grand scheme of things, and I believe some already offer Linux > drivers (though no mention of open source that I could find, I > imagine that these companies will be all over opening up more markets > for their cards.) > > Of course, Digium could keep it's leadership and our (collective) > money by starting to poke around at such a driver or card. It's > really a chicken-egg situation: nobody will want to muck with driver > authorship or card production until there are buyers, and there won't > be any buyers of such "experimental" technology unless it's cheap to > experiment with, just like the T100P cards are. Open source is still > scary to bell-heads, and they will resist until they actually see > (with their own eyes) a working system that replaces their $100k > CisNorSiemAvaytelensaco boxes with a $7k PC/card combination. Even > then, it's still an uphill battle, but at least it's a battle, > whereas right now it's a complete non-starter to open one's mouth > about open source telephony gatewaying at truly large scale > installations. And, to be honest, the telco guys are correct at this > moment. > > JT > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
I have been mulling over what it would take to get drivers done for ImageStream's products. They have a component architecture that is supposed to reduce development time/cost. The component stuff is open source. The part of the driver that you have to write can be open source or proprietary. I am not much of a coder, but someone more knowledgeable may be able to do it without too much trouble. I am an ImageStream reseller - if you need hardware I'll give you good pricing. ;) Andy _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
