On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Michael Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks -- > > First, apologies for not lurking for weeks or months to get the culture of > the list. I read the recent post about improvement to the quality of posts > with some amusement and full agreement. The problem is a big and very real > one. I hope I'm not deepening it. > > But my question isn't explicitly asked with this subject line or definitively > answered in the archives -- that I have found. > > What I did find left me with the impression that USA 'BRI', uh, '2B1Q' > protocol(?) is not supported by *any* hardware vendor, at all, period, nor is > it tested and proved in the software... stack(?), in one related branch or > another on the OS side. > > A couple of direct inquiries to card vendors have dead-ended with a flat > "no", or requests for development funds(!) -- apparently there is code for > one card, one vendor, that runs against 'bristuff', or did at one time, but > wasn't maintained through several Asterisk releases (if the code was even > released to the community... IDK). > > Is this common, that someone codes to their chip on their card and sells it > to one or two consumers, then lets it drop and never gives the code up for > continued development? (It seems contrary to GNU/Linux licensing conventions, > but, again, I'm not paid as a software developer. I just think they might > have sold more cards with a less proprietary approach.) > > Anyway, can I, with confidence, state (to the $employer) that Asterisk on > linux via USA 'BRI' digital lines simply isn't possible? (In that, obviously, > I can't pay for development nor do beta testing, each with vague hope that it > might work okay someday...) > > If this is the case, then I must use multiple analog lines to access PSTN, or > pay premium for 'PRI' pipes (80% of which we will never need)... is that > about correct? > > Thanks in advance for any pointers, specific RTFM suggestions, any help > appreciated. > > If there is a different list to post this query to, I'm not (yet) aware of it. > > Cheers, > > -- > |\ /| | | ~ ~ > | \/ | |---| `|` ? > | |ichael | |iggins \^ / > michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org >
Get a hold of Marcin Pyco (Former Digium Employee and extrememly smart guy. He has code/patches for zaptel to US BRIs work that include SPID as a variable in zap confs. Just have to be careful if you decide to upgrade at some point Thanks, Steve Totaro -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) _______________________________________________ -- 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
