You understand perfectly fine the situation :) . I'm not saying that Paraguay has the worse economy in South-America, but we need to work much harder to get latest technology or to mount a tiny/small laboratory.
You will get amized if you see the things that we have done with pieces of hardware considered as garbage in USA :D > Does Antelco still dominate the telco market in Paraguay, I wonder. Yes, they changed their name to Copaco for Compania Paraguaya de Comunicaciones. It's basically the same company ruling the whole country. :S Thanks to all for answering my question. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Jared Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 14:54 -0400, Carlos Ruiz Diaz wrote: > > Why PC modems were not used as FXO devices? Why chan_modem was > > deprecated? it seemed a nicer option instead of buying expensive > > gateways. > > This question has been answered many times, but just for the fun of it > I'll answer it again: > > If PC modems had been ideal telephony cards, we'd still be using them. > > My own experience with using modems as FXO devices (long before I became > a Digium employee) was that they were awful. I encountered problems > with echo, half-duplex audio, and lack of far-end disconnect > supervision. All of those problems are solved with most modern > telelphony cards (except for the ultra-cheap cards, which are still just > modems). To put it frankly, I wouldn't wish one of those modems on my > worst enemies. > > > Anyway, for people living really far from USA the price gets > > incremented twice or more and this is without considering the > > conversion between currencies. > > > > 1 $ = 5100 Gs., not cheap at all. > > I understand that the cards are disproportionately expensive in many > parts of the world as compared to the United States, because of the > difference in economies. I spent a couple of years in Paraguay in the > mid 90s, and know what it's like to pay outrageous prices for > specialized electronics just because they have to be imported from other > countries. (I'm guessing that you're from Paraguay, based on on the > monetary conversion you gave. Does Antelco still dominate the telco > market in Paraguay, I wonder?) > > That being said, the cost per port of the Digium cards (or any of our > competitors who design their own cards) is still much lower than what > you'd pay for traditional telephony cards, such as those manufactured by > Dialogic or Aculab. > > I know that probably doesn't help you afford to be able to buy a more > expensive card, but hopefully you have a better understanding of why we > don't use modems as FXO devices. If your time and sanity are worth > anything at all, it's a worthwhile investment to buy a good solid > telephony card. > > -- > Jared Smith > Training Manager > Digium, Inc. > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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