On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:44:12 -0700 "Wilton Helm" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm in the same boat and have been looking at this for several > months, but haven't actually jumped in, hands-on, yet. No, I don't > think the situation is as dismal as you paint it, although the lack > of appropriate marketing for BRI in the US has all but killed it > here, making it relatively unattractive to vendors. Right. This is what I've come to understand from the archives. > I have been > advised of several cards that support it, but they were two or four > port cards that were serious overkill for my application, and I haven't found ONE card that supports it, so maybe we could compare notes? Rather, can you tell me who claims to support what hardware, so I can confirm? '-) > expectedly pricy as a result. This isn't my $$ so I don't care about initial cost. I do care that it is proven, though. > I am trying to use an HFC card, and > have been advised that it is possible, but will take some digging and > experimenting. I have no time for digging and experimenting, unfortunately. I expect that time will be taken up entirely trying to install and configure asterisk. > > As near as I have been able to figure out, mISDN is the appropriate > place to begin, but I haven't tried to sort it out, yet. There are a > couple of other paths that might lead to a solution, but they seem to > be less supported than mISDN at present (if that is even possible). > It sounds like Dahdi is moving towards that, but I don't think its > quite there, yet. Okay, these are various driver protocols in the kernel/user space, right? Since I haven't purchased anything, should I be analysing the rate and support for development of these different protocols and informing my decision that way? > > Qwest is one of the few providers I know of that prices BRI > reasonably. I have one up and running on a TA and use it for my > voice service. As soon as I can figure out mISDN, I plan to move it > to Asterisk. (I'll keep a TA around for backup). > Hmm. Yes, Qwest 'BRI' was the intent... the problem is, any solution that doesn't lease equipment from the provider conflicts to their bottom-line interest, so I don't expect any help from them. Am I wrong in that? At any rate, if you could send along some info about cards that are purported to work here, I'd *really* appreciate it. '-) Thanks, -- |\ /| | | ~ ~ | \/ | |---| `|` ? | |ichael | |iggins \^ / michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org _______________________________________________ -- 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
