On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 12:28, Kimble Young wrote: > David, > > If you go the analogue route: > > * You'll get poor audio compared to ISDN which is crystal. > * Each number will act like a seperate line unlike with an ISDN card where > you can receive two calls simultaneously on the same line.
Actually, you can configure the NT1+II so that it will behave differently. (ie, you can set it so that calls to each number will 'prefer' a specific port, but if that port is in use will use the other port. > * You'll lose cool ISDN features like call deflection. Dunno if call deflection even works here, haven't actually got around to trying it yet. > * It won't be as reliable (speculation). Well, as with any comparison between analogue/digital, the digital is definitely preferred. You *know* when the other side answers/hangs up/etc. This gives you accurate cdr (billing) information as well as call progress. Stops you from causing the line to be busy long after the other party has hung up. etc... > * It'll probably cost just as much for two analogue cards as a fritz card. Probably, I'm not sure, but the frustration factor might in the long run... > On the positive side you won't have to go through a lot of frustration > getting the fritz working. Dunno about this, I got a fritz card about 2 weeks ago for a customer's pbx. Plugged the card in, followed the instructions available on the wiki, and basically it just worked. Perhaps if I knew less about linux, it might have been harder, but from memory, I didn't do anything specially fancy... If I was doing this for myself, at home, I would definitely use the fritz card. Also, AFAIK, there are no aca approved (old austel tick) fxo cards. In either case, I would suggest you discuss your options with the folks at www.atp.org.au, I've found them to be quite helpful, and definitely quite knowledgeable.... Regards, Adam _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
