I'm looking at this card on Ebay. By far the cheapest 2FXS / 2FXO solution I've seen.
The question is has anyone used this brand before? How is echoing on it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fine-Start-4-FXS%2FFXO-Asterisk-Trixbox-TDM40...
 
Anyone use Fine-Start 4 FXS/FXO Asterisk Trixbox TDM400P ?
Submitted by kardsen on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 3:31pm.
For a few extra bucks I
Tue, 07/14/2009 - 3:45pm
For a few extra bucks I would buy an Openvox.
You never know the build quality.
--
Scott
aka "Skyking"
 
You have better choices
Wed, 07/15/2009 - 7:36pm
If you need a cost effective one, take OpenVox at
http://cgi.ebay.com/OpenVox-A400P22-4-Port-Analog-PCI-w-2-FXS-2-F...
If you need superior quality, take Sangoma at
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sangoma-A200D-Analog-Series-w-Echo-Cancellati...
DO NOT TRY THOSE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD.
 
Kardsen If you are looking
Wed, 07/15/2009 - 8:27pm
Kardsen
If you are looking for a quality card at an affordable price, I am partial to OpenVox. I have been distributing them for a year and a half now.
If you want a great deal, check out my new store at http://www.bullzeyenetworks.biz
All listings are already reduced from MSRP and right now, since the store is new, I'm offering an additional 8% off to anyone who makes a purchase through 7/20.
During checkout, type in the coupon field "trixer" without the qoutes and you'll get an additional 8% off any listing in the store.
I know this is a blatant advertisement, but I want to help those of you starting out on a shoestring just like I did.
Also, for anyone who is worried about echo or any other issues that may concern you, my company has always given a 30 day money back (minus original shipping) guarantee to try it out and make sure OpenVox is the quality that I say it is.
If you are a US customer USPS Priority Shipping is included for free with every order
 
I have to back huebs on this one
Wed, 07/15/2009 - 9:53pm
I ordered my card from him when I saw a post on these forums. He shipped it next day and didn't charge me a dime for shipping. I received the card on Wednesday, I can't wait to install it.
 
I actually ended up order a
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 8:32am
I actually ended up order a card from someone named chinaroby off ebay.
http://trixbox.org/forums/trixbox-forums/open-discussion/ebay-nam...
Primarily because it was low cost and he appears to have a decent faq and config setup for the cards.. some of the other places I've looked at have a blank forum or ever question directs you to the asterisk forums..
OpenVox was my 2nd choice and will get that if this card turns out to be junk.. but I have high hopes.
Plan on taking some pics once I get it.
I also picked up a Grandstream GXP200 for 40 on ebay too :)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEW...
huebs73: regarding your site. If you set that up yourself, look into Magento (free too ) instead of using Zencart/oscommerce
The layout is alot smoother and updates are a breeze.
 
I appreciate the advice. I
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 10:34am
I appreciate the advice. I did set it up myself, and I chose zencart due to the really nice documentation that was out there. I didn't research the other projects.
The Grandstreams are great for and possibly small production environments, but as I am sure you've read on here a gazillion times, they have issues with large deployments.
It looks like you're setting up a learning environment much like I did a few years back...so I totally understand about starting on a budget. If you want to spiffy it up without too much cost, get yourself one of these cheap little POE switches - http://www.amazon.com/Airlink-Port-Power-Ethernet-Switch-PC/dp/B0... for yourself. I got one about 2 1/2 years ago for my house system and it's been of for one day when I moved that whole time. It's dinky and gets rid of all those transformers at my house phones. I actually ordered mine from this guy and shipping wasn't immediate, but I wasn't in a huge hurry either.
 
I have used the Trendnet PoE
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:08am
I have used the Trendnet PoE TPE-S44 switch on very small installs without any problem.
--
Scott
aka "Skyking"
 
Fine-Start analog interface cards
Tue, 05/18/2010 - 2:54pm
I looked around to see any comments on the these cards about 1 year ago and did not see much so I ordered 1 from chinaroby on ebay it arrived in a timely manner and worked when plugged in. Without giving it much tought I ordered 10 more and they arrived in timely manner too. The problem started then, 2 were dead on arrival numerous emails to the seller did not yield any results and I just called it a loss. I used the remaining 9 units on different customers but were very carefull to use them with customers within the driving distance in case something goes bad and yes everything went bad. About after 6 weeks I received the first call and the calls kept coming for about 4 months until I ended up replaceing all of them with the digium cards. Lesson learned: I saved some initially but they all went to garbage and had to purchase the digiums anyway. One more thing to note these cards had RJ45 plugs on them instead of the RJ11s this was another disadvantage. I had good luck with the openvox but now only using digium in phone business you can not afford a customer being down so that you can save couple hundred bucks.
 
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