On Monday 22 Nov 2010, Mitul Limbani wrote:
For test bed we have a single port fxo card which works with Asterisk and costs Rs. 3500/- + 5% Tax
But this card is not recommended in production environments, this is what we stock and suggest for all the new guys who want to have a phone line come into asterisk and do their research projects (several of these cards have been sold in IITs all over india)
Btw writing a voice modem driver would be time consuming n costly affair n still requires a lot of testing, I believe the option I have makes economic sense.
Agreed, it would be time-consuming, but it still sounds like a good summer hacking project to me, and if it makes Asterisk more versatile so much the better, no? I mean, how many PBX manufacturers can claim compatibility with the array of devices Asterisk works with, and the more devices it does work with the higher its acceptability.
Not that modems are that much cheaper, but you can still get a decent external voice modem for around Rs 2000, and all it needs is a serial port. Makes sense in a price-sensitive market like India to me.
Regards,
-- Raj