I'd say in life you get what you pay for.. and sometime you even pay for stuff that should be free..
These knockoff cards, can be built in-house for 20$ or less using an old walkie talkie, a rope, some standard matches, and an old MCgyver Tv episode..They do just that, echo the sound back to the other end.. no seriously.. Used 3, all 3 where thrown out either a window, or another opening .. It's great for testing don't get me wrong, once PSTN echo starts to drive you or the other party mad , or your cheap cap's start to go off specs, you'll say "I should of bought 1 of the 50$ instead of 5 of the $10 ones".. of course, same strategy goes with china knockoffs, you run 6 pair of shoes for the price of 1 that lasts 6 times the other.. So basically for 10$ try it out.. Then when you want 2-3 ports, or do voice rec (spynx openmrc etc whatever) you'll need quality My 0.02 >>-----Original Message----- >>From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- >>boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Joakimsen >>Sent: May-06-09 7:01 PM >>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Questions on X100P/X101P cards >> >>I use these cards and they work pretty well. FWIW when Digium sold >>them they were also just winmodems with a resistor removed to change >>the PCI device ID. Later on the Zaptel driver included the device ID >>of the winmodem. >> >>I used to be able to get the winmodem itself for under $10, but I >>think they are discontinued now. Ambient = Intel, FWIW. If you want >>I'll dig out out and give you the details. >> >>If you need a large quantity I would try to find the winmodems that >>are compatible. >> >> >>On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 08:43, Vincent <vincent.delpo...@bigfoot.com> >>wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm looking for a dirt cheap solution for SOHO use to handle >>at most >>> a couple of POTS lines, and I notice that X10?P cards go for $15 on >>> eBay as opposed to $90 for an OpenVox card or over $200 for a >>Sangoma. >>> >>> I have a couple of questions about those cheap FXO cards: >>> >>> 1. Are they all glorified softmodems, ie. none has an on-board CPU or >>> DSP and outsources all processing to the computer's CPU? >>> >>> 2. Are they all bad, no matter what chipset is used (Intel, Motoral, >>> Ambient)? If not, which offer good enough quality to handle a single >>> POTS line? >>> >>> 3. Why are they often bad quality? Because the driver itself is badly >>> written? Because PC's don't have enough speed to handle the tasks >>> using their own CPU (hard to believe, but I don't know)? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> -- 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 _______________________________________________ -- 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
