Steve Totaro wrote: > 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 >
for what hardware ? > Thanks, > Steve Totaro > > _______________________________________________ -- 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
