Hi,
Yes, Linksys has acquired Sipura a while ago, and has already released
new versions of the ATAs. I've used their products for the past 3 years
and tested almost all of their models. So far they seem the best you can
get in the FXS market. Just stay away from SPA-3000 (it's FXO part), as
it might be unusable in your area due to its echo canceler. SPA-94x
phones are in my opinion a step up from Grandstream Budgetone phones.
Overall, once you're comfortable with Linksys' provisioning system,
you'll start enjoying their products.
Get yourself a couple of Linksys SPA-2102 to start with, they are rock
stable - at least they don't overheat - even lit by direct sunshine.
HTH,
Vahan
Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
Hi,
I noticed Linksys seems to have purchased Sipura? Anyone use the Linksys
products that resulted? The grandstream seems to be the cheapest. What
do you give up? Sound quality I don't want to sacrifice, but abundant
features I might...
Thanks,
j
On Thu, 31 May 2007, Nate Kettlewell wrote:
Jeff,
The iaxy sucks.. however it works well behind NAT, and that's about
all it has going for it IMHO. I personally prefer the sipura SPA's or
if I am cheap, the grandstream handytones will get you done.
Ditch the Iaxys, keep some sanity,
Nate
On 5/31/07, Jeff LaCoursiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Frequent lurker comes up for air. TIA for any advice.
I am running Internet Cafes in the islands and am adding calling stations
for the cruise ship crew and passengers to use while visiting. I already
have an asterisk server running a custom prepaid access card system we
wrote, and I have been using the Digium Iaxy to get customers to the AGI
program (whatever they press at dialtone jumps them to "enter your PIN
number"). This is working fine, but for a few issues with the sixteen of
them I currently have in service:
1) The Iaxy is prohibitively expensive per port
2) The Iaxy is difficult to provision in the field
3) It seems to overheat and lose its mind once in a while
4) poor network connectivity causes it to disconnect and STAY
disconnected, requiring a reboot
Its starting to drive me nuts, actually. I went with the Iaxy in the
first place thinking it would be the best marriage to asterisk. Then
someone handed me a Sipura SPA-2000 a few days ago. It actually has a
built in IVR that you can use from either of the two FXS ports and an
analog telephone to read or SET network parameters. The web interface is
excellent and has a wealth of options. The Iaxy, by comparison, has a few
commands in a text file for options. I had it connected to a local
asterisk in about thirty seconds, then in about an hour (much tweaking of
SIP NAT parameters on both ends) I got it working with our public asterisk
server and the prepaid phone card interface.
So now to the advice. My eyes have been opened to the fact that the large
number of ATAs available are far from close in terms of quality, with the
Iaxy somewhere near the bottom. What ATAs are people happy with connected
to asterisk? Especially service providers that are provisioning them
remotely?
Thanks!
Jeff LaCoursiere
JB Telenet, LLC
St Thomas, VI 00802
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