[asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread Gilles
Hello I need to find a recent and neutral comparison of the major products available to connect an Asterisk server to the telephone network, whether ISDN (BRI) or PSTN, and through a PCI card or some external box. I'm told there are less issues (echo, stability) with external boxes

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread David Backeberg
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: Hello        I need to find a recent and neutral comparison of the major products available to connect an Asterisk server to the telephone network, whether ISDN (BRI) or PSTN, and through a PCI card or some external box. I'm

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread Sevana Oy
codecompl...@free.fr To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 5:06 PM Subject: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box? Hello I need to find a recent and neutral comparison of the major products available to connect an Asterisk server

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread Gilles
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:56:51 +0300, Sevana Oy sa...@sevana.fi wrote: We would be happy to offer you Asterisk VQM for voice quality assessment, however, it's Asterisk based and works with every hardware that works with Asterisk:

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread Gilles
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:33:22 -0500, David Backeberg dbackeb...@gmail.com wrote: * pay somebody else to do it in the form of appliance and lose most control versus do it yourself and have total control but also the chance to screw up. Thanks for the input. Has someone in this ng tried a PCI card

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread klitzing
Hi! Thanks for the input. Has someone in this ng tried a PCI card and then an appliance of the same grade, and could provide some feedback? Yes, and IMHO the external gateway/appliance is usually - but not always (see fax) - the better choice because you save yourself many headaches caused

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread David Backeberg
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:33:22 -0500, David Backeberg dbackeb...@gmail.com wrote: * pay somebody else to do it in the form of appliance and lose most control versus do it yourself and have total control but also the chance to screw

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On 12/08/2010 08:56 AM, Sevana Oy wrote: We would be happy to offer you Asterisk VQM for voice quality assessment, however, it's Asterisk based and works with every hardware that works with Asterisk: http://www.sevana.fi/aqua-powered-asterisk-voice-quality-monitoring-solution.php Please

Re: [asterisk-users] [POTS/BRI] Neutral comparisons of PCI vs. box?

2010-12-08 Thread Gilles
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:46:59 -0500, David Backeberg dbackeb...@gmail.com wrote: Both the cards and the appliances have had 'issues'. Thanks guys for the input. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by