On Aug 11, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Derek Neighbors wrote:

> You should be able to pick up a test FXO/FXS card for about $129.   
> I just don't see the winmodem as being a good way to "test"  
> Asterisk.  We do a lot of Asterisk installations.  If you ask here  
> whether Asterisk can do what you want, I am sure we could give you  
> a valid answer.
>
> Buying a winmodem would just be throwing away money.  Analog lines  
> with quality cards have fairly significant echo issues that need  
> fine tuning as it is.  I suspect a winmodem would be nothing but  
> frustration.  Just my two cents.


I've got a decent digium card and IP phones on the way now, and I  
found a website that's willing to give you an incoming number up in  
Iowa[1] if you're into that sort of thing, so I had enough to show  
the folks what was what as far as replacing their fogey PBX system  
with a Linux box running asterisk.

Now I'd like to get one of the them winmodem cards (or an honest to  
goodness X100P card) for home playing with.  A 129$ FXO/FXS card is  
about 129$ over my home telephony budget, so I'd be willing to spend  
a little more time dealing with echo cancellation there.

Thanks for the info.


-Sam

[1]: http://trxtel.com/