Just as a follow up on this thread, I decided to go for the Digium 412P quad port card.
Thanks to everyone who commented, positively and negatively - it helped provide a balanced view in the end. Julian. Matt Florell wrote: > On 10/6/07, Julian Lyndon-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: >>> Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: >>>> Nothing from me is posting to the list either. >>>> >>> heh. Thought that this trick would work: it did for Doug. >>> >>> I've been trying to send the email below for 3 days now ! >>> >>> I know this is probably going to ignite the flames again .. >>> >>> I have looked at the recent threads regarding these two manufacturers, >>> but there didn't seem to be much *technical* differences between the 2, >>> it was rather more subjective - some people say Sangoma is better, some >>> say Digium. And quite a lot of "you're spreading FUD" "No, you are" etc. >>> >>> I wanted to know if anyone has any specific comparisons or suggestions >>> on the Sangoma A104D and the Digium TE406/411 cards ? >> I didn't want to start a flame war. I honestly just wanted a simple >> "yes" or "no" to the question "Is a 406/411 technically comparable to >> the a104D". > > I think you mean the TE407/412 cards, the 406/411 series (using the > OKI chipset instead of the Octasic) were discontinued by Digium. And > while the Sangoma line uses "a104" as a base for all variations of > their quad-port T1/E1 cards(PCI/PCIexpress/EC/non-EC) Digium has > several different product numbers for standard PCI(TE405P/410/407/412) > and a different number for their PCIexpress cards(TE420) where it > seems that they have changed their product naming scheme to be more > similar to Sangoma's adding a "B" for the echo-can version of the > card. > > Here's a run-down of the available quad T1 cards from the 3 big players: > Digium: > - TE405P - PCI 5v-only, NO hardware EC > - TE410P - PCI 3v-only, NO hardware EC > - TE406P/TE411P - DISCONTINUED > - TE407P - PCI 5v-only, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > - TE412P - PCI 3v-only, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > - TE420 - PCIexpress, NO hardware EC > - TE420B - PCIexpress, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > > Rhino: > - R4T1 - PCI, NO hardware EC > - R4T1-e - PCIexpress, NO hardware EC > - Add-on Octasic Echo Canceller > > Sangoma: > - a104 - PCI, NO Hardware EC > - a104X - PCIexpress, NO Hardware EC > - a104d - PCI, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > - a104dX - PCIexpress, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > > >> From what I've read, the IRQ issues are not present any more on the >> digium cards. >> >> Is the echo cancelling hardware comparable ? >> >> I need to install the new card in a dell 2850 or 2950 or possibly even a >> HP DL360. Anyone have some comments on this ? > > Do not use Dell. I have had issues with both Sangoma and Digium cards > on multiple brand-new Dell servers. This is the only vendor that has > consistently given me problems with telco-interface cards. > > > Hope that helps, > > MATT--- > > >> fwiw, my heart says I should buy Digium. My head says I should buy >> Sangoma. Either my head needs to be convinced that the TE406 is >> technically as good and as reliable as the 104D, or my heart needs to >> fall out of love with the romantic notion of supporting Digium because >> of asterisk. >> >> Julian >>> We have used the TE405 and te410 in the past, changed to sangoma A102 >>> (because of problems we were having at the time that we now think may >>> have been telco related). >>> >>> Setting up the digium cards seemed simpler (no patching etc, and no >>> extra wanrouter drivers) but the A102 seem very stable and reliable. >>> >>> Julian >>> >>>> Julian >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >>>> >>>> asterisk-users mailing list >>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>>> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >>>> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>>> This email for dotr.com has been scanned by MessageLabs >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >>> >>> asterisk-users mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >>> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> This email for dotr.com has been scanned by MessageLabs >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email for dotr.com has been scanned by MessageLabs > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users