[Serusers] affordable PSTN gateway

[Ricardo Villa]

Hi,

I have been interested in the Mediatrix 1204.  It is about US$500 and has 4
FXO ports.  If
anybody has tested it please let me know.

Thanks,
Ricardo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jiri Kuthan" <jiri at iptel.org>
To: <serusers at lists.iptel.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:02 AM
Subject: [Serusers] affordable PSTN gateway


> during my pstn gateway survey, some people asked about cheap PSTN
> gateways. Let me share what I know, speak up if you know more.
>
> analog
> -------
> AudioCodes and AlliedTelesyn provide SIP FXO gateways wuith four ports
> for about $1000. We have both of them in our lab (i.e., they do exist)
> but haven't tested them yet (i.e., we don't know if they work).
>
> MediaTrix might have some too, perhaps sightly cheaper, but they denied
> shipping to us as we are not in their interoperability club (which makes
> me cautios about their interoperability).
>
> arrayvox was claiming to have some very cheap ones, but I neither know if
> they shop nor if they work. The same for welltech.
>
> in general, not only is a challenge to make the sip part of it work, but
> also the analog -- tone recoginition may be pretty challenging. It differs
> country from country and pbx from pbx.
>
> digital
> -------
> I don't know -- some people meant Asterisk would do that, some other meant
> not really.
>
> other
> -----
> someone told me vegstream (both digital and analog) was good and
afforable.
> more can be found at
>
http://www.iptel.org/info/products/index.php?category=gateway&name=Gateways&
siponly=1
>
> --
> Jiri Kuthan            http://iptel.org/~jiri/
>
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