Matt,
Thanks for the reply.
I had read your blog entry a few days ago and that's when I started
doubting whether or not to go with Sangoma.
I've only heard good things of Sangoma. However, I only have
experience with TE410 and because of my limited experience with
Asterisk, I was a bit concerned with switching to another card vendor
from the one I've gotten used to. From a practical point of view, I
don't know if there is much difference in "maintaining" a Sangoma
install vs a Digium install. I do know the setup may be somewhat
different, but that's a "one time" deal (sometimes).
As far as the Digium card, I don't know if all the TE2XXP have the
newer firmware. I do wish I could trade my TE4XXP for ones with the
new firmware. I will need to call Digium on that one.
Before the firmware upgrade, I would think there was a more
significant reason to go with Sangoma (from a technical PoV). But
now.... I guess it's a different story and for the amount of traffic
I'm expecting, I don't know if I'll realize the potential performance
difference between Sangoma and Digium, as explained in your blog entry.
I am definitely pro supporting the Asterisk cause and if that means
that a % of my Digium purchase would go to it, I'd gladly do it.
Anyway, the price difference between the two is less than $80.
The only thing I wished was that the Digium cards worked in 3.3V and
5V motherboards without having to specify which one you are going to
deploy it on. I got somewhat screwed on the TE410P because of that
reason :(
The warranty issue is a big difference. Why couldn't Digium compete
on that one? It's only a business/marketing decision, not a technical
one anyway.
Anyway, thanks for your input.
- Waldo
On Oct 23, 2005, at 8:24 PM, Matt Florell wrote:
Hello,
Watch out there, that's a very touchy issue. I'll try to lay out the
technical and non-technical points of view.
First the purely technical point of view:
The Digium TE210P/TE205P is basically the TE4XXP(quad card) with only
two ports included instead of four. It uses almost exactly the same
firmware and drivers as the TE410P which as of a few months ago was
greatly improved, see my review:
http://astguiclient.blogspot.com/2005/09/digium-405p-v2-review.html
The Sangoma a102u dual T1/E1 card requires additional software to be
installed on the server to use it, and that software also needs to be
configured, which does mean that it takes longer to setup. The sangoma
card does fit straight-up in a 2U server chassis while the Digium dual
card would require a horizontal PCI riser card to do the same. Also,
(again PURELY TECHNICAL HERE) The sangoma card comes with a 5 year
warranty while the Digium card comes with a 2 year warranty and the
Sangoma card is guaranteed to work on all PCI2-compliant motherboards
while Digium has a list of motherboards that their cards will not work
in. Also, the Sangoma card will work in 3v and 5v PCI slots while the
Digium cards are 5v or 3v specific.
Now here is the non-technical comparison:
Both cards work well and have been used in production servers running
steadily for months at a time and both companies offer free setup
support.
However, I will be very quietly cursed if I do no mention that much
more of your purchase price of the Digium cards goes towards the
further development of Asterisk. Hardware sales make up a large
portion of Digium's revenues and are the primary reason why Asterisk
and Digium have grown so much over the last 3 years.
There is much more to the story, but I've rambled on long enough and I
hope I've given you enough information to answer your question for
yourself.
MATT---
On 10/23/05, Waldo Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi guys,
Just a quick question. I need to buy a dual T1 card and I'm debating
between TE210P or the Sangoma A102u. Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Waldo
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