Hello John: Are you saying don't buy the box? I just ordered one for home so I can finally get an Asterisk server into production but now I am thinking that I should cancel. Does it seem like GVC is working on the problem at all? Several vendors carry that adapter it seems. There don't seem to be any reviews online though. I like the PSTN fallback option also. Would any other boxes have that? I haven't seen any. The firmware is switchable also. You can change to the SIP version for instance. Their phones do that as well I noticed.
Peter MacFarlane Charlottetown PEI > I have put two in place. I really liked two of the features. The box > will take both IAX and PSTN calls, as well if the IAX is not available > it will place calls through the PSTN port. I liked these features > because it allowed me to experiment with VoIP at home more easily. > > One box I put in place gave me nothing but grief. The box wouldn't > detect the DTMF from the phone. It would for some digits but not others, > In fact it really depended on the sequence. For example pressing '4' > alone would work but after other digits it would not. It could take > multiple presses of a digit to get it recognized. I RMA'ed that unit and > received another that seems to work better but eventually ended up the > same way. > > The other box was attached to a PBX in my business partner's home and it > had none of these problems. > > Both, however, had bad sound quality and lots of echo. The start of > inbound calls often had alot of white noise. During a call the first > syllable of a sentence (i.e. after a period of silence) was often muted. > It is still in use with this bad quality, it's worse than cell phone > quality, but usable. > > I tried putting QoS on the router to fix problems but nothing worked. I > also tried the various supported codecs and none seemed to be a lot > different. > > My next step is to try a Polycom phone at home to see if it is any > better. > > -- > > > John Van Ostrand Net Direct Inc. > Director of Technology 564 Weber St. N. Unit 12 > Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6 map > <http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Net+Direct+Inc.,+564+Weber+St.+N.+Unit+12, > +Waterloo,+ON+N2L+5C6,+canada&ll=43.494599,-80.548222&spn=0.038450,0.073 > 956&iwloc=A&hl=en> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph: 519-883-1172 > ext.5102 > Linux Solutions / IBM Hardware <http://www.netdirect.ca> Fx: > 519-883-8533 > ********************************************************** Peter MacFarlane Network Administration & Programming Target Call Center/Message Centre PEI **********************************************************
