D'oh! I was going to look at the GS budget phones (for the price). Thanks for the information. I have a spare box that I was going to set up over the weekend with Trixbox and see how it works. jd@twingeckos.com wrote: > Asterisk is cool! > If you're going all voip you don't need pstn hardware. > > Sangoma and rhino cards are usually less expensive and have built in echo cancellation. > The x100p cards aren't very good; get tdm400 card if you go digium. > > As far as ip phones...polycom, aastra, snom are good; grandstream 2000 is ok; stay away from grandstream budget phones. > JD > > -- > sent from phone > > -----Original Message----- > From: chip33az@netscape.net > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Sent: 9/26/07 7:51 AM > Subject: Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox > > I will be looking into Asterisk very shortly as my company will no > longer pay for my home office phone line. I have Vonage now and like > it, but it costs more than I use. I'm thinking of going with VoicePulse > for the long distance/phone service. > > Have you looked at the actual digium cards? They sell for about $140, > but are supposed to be the best out there. > > PLUGd@LuftHans.com wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> still trying to get Asterisk working in my spare nanoseconds. >> >> I found documentation suggestion I verify that "disconnect supervision" >> aka "forward disconnect" is enabled. >> >> I hadn't realized we have Cox phone service rather than Qwest. Sorry for >> not having that info on previous emails. >> >> Just talked to phone tech support at Cox ( after getting Internet tech >> support twice and being disconnected ). The person was nice, patient and >> appeared to be willing to help out. She didn't know what "disconnect >> supervision" or "forward disconnect" were, so put me on hold to talk to >> internal tech support. >> >> The response she got was that my answering device isn't compatable with >> Cox phone service :(. >> >> Does having service via Cox rather than Qwest change what I need to do to >> get Asterisk to recognize call initiation and termination? Asterisk >> doesn't recognize hangups and ties up the line for long periods of time. >> Some might see this as a bonus :). >> >> Do I need to call it something else when asking for support from Cox? >> >> Any recommendations for a card that actually works? I want to connect to a >> POTS line for receiving and initiating phone calls. I want the possibility >> of that POTS line to be whatever source of POTS lines we get in the >> Phoenix area. >> >> I also want to ring through the phone card to a phone. >> >> I also want to use a small Sipura SIP box that has 2 RJ11 connectors and >> can handle two phones. >> >> There are many other things I want to do, but that's the initial setup. If >> I can get that working such that I don't break it with further >> experimentation I can play with Asterisk. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >