Dear Benjamin, I think that the combination of FXS with FXO ports is very useful for the SOHO and Medium Enterprises. Also the prices of Yoda and other Asian companies are very suitable (~$40 per FX? port) and is better than GrandStream ATA. The other future that is extra than GrandStream is WAN/LAN ports and Router/NAT possibilities. Yes, I now all prices of Yoda, and I am looking for some partners with which to combine one order for samples. The problem is that they require min. 10 pcs per order. The price for samples of VG400 is $320. The device use TI DSP for coding. The prices for regual (big) quantities is $60 per port.
Best Regards, Miroslav Nachev BoAML> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:37:33 +0200, Miroslav Nachev BoAML> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Unfortunately the Mediatrix products are very expensive. BoAML> just one example. my point was that as of this moment, ACT are more BoAML> focussed on their phones and it may well be wise to look for gateways BoAML> elsewhere for the time being, whereever that elsewhere may be. >> example the price for Two-port access device with SIP protocol is >> $275. BoAML> I don't really understand the obsession with FXS devices. BoAML> The only uses I see for FXS are BoAML> - connect a FAX machine, where FAX may not be the best application for BoAML> VoIP anyway, BoAML> - connect an existing cordless phone, where you probably have only one BoAML> such device and a Grandstream HT286 will just do fine, BoAML> - connect the analog phone in a hotel to a travel adapter, IAXy would BoAML> seem to be the best choice here because you are so much more likely to BoAML> encounter NAT traversal problems and other obstacles that you may not BoAML> be able to resolve with a SIP device, BoAML> - feed some Internet based phone services into a legacy PBX that wants BoAML> to see them as CO lines, here again, depending on the number of feeds, BoAML> HT286 may be cheap and cheerful enough. BoAML> For anything else IP phones should be the default with no buts and no BoAML> ifs. I am always puzzled by how people desperately hang on to legacy BoAML> stuff they don't really need and in the process create a beast of a BoAML> kludge technology. The x86 architecture (or lack thereof) should be an BoAML> example that serves to show how not to design your stuff with legacy BoAML> support as your all-overriding number one priority. So, let's not make BoAML> the same mistake with VoIP. Let's get rid of analog phones as fast and BoAML> forcefully as we possibly can. BoAML> In other words, FXS should be the very very last resort when there is BoAML> really no other way. BoAML> Having said that, I notice that Yoda have a 4 port FXO gateway BoAML> (VG400), or at least it can be configured to be a 4 port FXO gateway. BoAML> Now, that is rather interesting. Do you have any idea how much this BoAML> device costs (ballpark figure wise) and how well it can adapt to PSTNs BoAML> in other countries? BoAML> rgds BoAML> benjk _______________________________________________ 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
