Jim sent me this off-list (and said it's OK to forward).
Basically it's an expensive rack-mount unit that converts
"60 models" of proprietary telephone sets including NorStar
and Meridian (that's probably 10 or 15 of the models right
there) into SIP phones.
Not cost-effective at present for less that about 16 handsets,
but interesting (and hopefully the cost will fall, before the
company does :-)). Does work with Asterisk.
Thanks to Jim for pointing this out.
Ian
>Be careful what you ask for:
>
>http://www.citel.com/products/handset_gateways/
>
>The only problem is that it only comes in a 24 port, but they are
>working on 8 and 16 port versions.
[The PDF brochure mentions 12- and 24-port versions -- Ian]
>
>Scott Lawrence from Pingtel tells me it does an excellent job of
>complying with the SIP RFCs. I have one in my lab here and
it seems to work quite well.
