On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, John Harragin wrote: > What I have in mind is a pci card with zap-like-driver that supports digital > phones. This eliminates (is compairable to using channel bank) additional > delay and a primary echo source when both haves of a conversation are carried > on the same pair as found with fxs ports. There are many reasons why this is > superior to the channel bank/analog phone route especially when VoIP comes > into the picture. This is also superior to an office filled with IP phones > and a centralized asterisk switch - although there are times where it is > clearly advantageous to use an IP phone, such as distant office phones or if > all of your calls are destine to IP. But if you are connecting to a telco, > calls that avoid IP are always going to be superior and more reliable (with > the current state of things).
This is an interesting idea. Voip does cause a delay that necessitates the use of an echo canceler. Another advantage is that most proprietary digital phones have a lot more programmable buttons/leds/whatnot than current voip phones. One problem I see is that there are several different poprietary digital phone interfaces. Peter _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users