[VoIP] Cards for Asterisk

[Russ Price]

Jayson Smith wrote:
> I've sort of decided to try playing around with actual boards in my Asterisk
> system, for hooking up phones. I don't want to put a ton of money into this.
> What's a good, cheap, card that would let me hook up a few phones?

Unfortunately, the only cheap card for Asterisk is the X100P clone that 
provides one FXO port.  There are the Openvox cards, like the A400P, 
which is basically a clone of the Digium TDM400P.  I have no idea how 
well they work.

The Openvox cards are available through pbxeq.com; they want $257.95 for 
an A400P with 2 FXS and 2 FXO ports, or $253.95 for 3 FXS and 1 FXO, or 
$249.95 for 4 FXS ports.

By comparison, a genuine Digium TDM22B (TDM400P with 2 FXS and 2 FXO) 
through Telephonyware is $360.90, TDM31B (3 FXS with 1 FXO) is $351.90, 
and TDM40B (4 FXS) is $342.90.

The A400P and TDM400P can be bought with only one module; the Digium 
card with a single FXS and no other ports is $140.40 at Telephonyware. 
The corresponding Openvox card at pbxeq.com is $92.95.

	Russ
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