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 Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: [asterisk-users] Digium stopped TDM400P production: alternat |
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I told myself that I was going to stay out of this one, but since you
find this important enough to reply twice to the mailing list with the
same content, it must be worth my time to reply.
If you carefully read the thread, the person who replied from Rhino went
out of his way to NOT try to sell his hardware, until someone claimed
that Sangoma is the best.
I do not have first hand experience with Sangoma hardware. I am however
one of the Astlinux developers. In that capacity, I can easily say that
compiling the necessary modules for the Rhino cards is much easier than
what is required to get the Sangoma stuff working. I have no doubt that
in both cases the hardware is good. (I personally have not experienced
significant trouble with Digium analog cards either, but they do take
more time to adjust properly). Both hardware companies did work with us
to ensure their cards will work properly with Astlinux.
With the Rhino hardware, there is no need to compile extra utilities,
only a zaptel module. The Sangoma setup is more complex.
One plus in my mind is the Rhino card is made in the USA.
I've also found the Rhino tech support to be excellent.
Bottom line, use what works for you. I've used several Digium TDM400P
cards and several Rhino analog cards. Both work well, but like I said
earlier, the Rhino cards (with built in echo cancellation) were much
easier to configure and get working out of the box.
Darrick
shadowym wrote:
| Quote: | How about a technical comparision. What makes the Rhino better than
the Sangoma?
On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give Sangoma a 9 for support based on
personal experience so I strongly disagree with that part of your
argument.
-----Original Message----- From: James Finstrom
[mailto:jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008
6:37 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Digium stopped TDM400P production:
alternatives??
Steve, Yes I work for Rhino that is no Secret. If you read the post I
was responding to the thread not pimping my own products. I am not
sure if your a Sangoma fanboy or employee since you are apparently
offended by my response, however he wasn't asking to be sold to he
was asking about specific products. So there it is yes I work for
Rhino and I could have easily given one of our italian distributors
but he didn't ask for that. It is not appropriate to troll the list
and push your products unsolicited. If someone is looking for a
recommendation for a card brand fine. If they need a solution like
ADID or they need to accommodate funky CPC signals from their telco
which Rhino does fine it is on subject. If someone asks should I use
openvox to replace my digium you don't pimp your product because it
wasn't asked for. If you want my honest opinion. I prefer people use
Rhino products. I believe our products and support are superior but
if you don't use our cards use Digium. If your reply is any
indication on how Sando ma works I can honestly say go use a cheap
clone before sangomaN they may not support you but at least they are
open about being here just for the money. James Finstrom Rhino
Equipment Corp. http://www.rhinoequipment.com
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Totaro
<stotaro at mail.schoffstall.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:45:50 To:Asterisk Users Mailing List -
Non-Commercial Discussion<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com> Subject:
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium stopped TDM400P production:
alternatives??
James,
If you were replying to the original post about Openvox or specified
that is what you were referring to, maybe I would not take issue but
to reply to a suggesting to use Sangoma with what you did is
absolutely misleading. There is nothing "cheap" or "clone" about
Sangoma's cards.
"asterisk.rhinoequipment.com" hmmmmm.
Thanks, Steve Totaro
James Finstrom wrote:
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I would say email Kevin what he asked. The problem with switching
to a clone company is you get what you pay for. Sticking with
Digium you at least have support. and 3 clone cards and hours of
troubleshooting later you will wish you hadn't been all cheap.
Rob Hillis wrote:
| Quote: | The cards themselves are okay, but the extra level of
configuration is a pain in the proverbial. Zaptel is already
double-configured in both zaptel.conf and zapata.conf (that's not
a complaint - I understand the reason for the separation) but the
Sangoma cards require a /third/ level of configuration in
Wanpipe.
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Darrick Hartman
DJH Solutions, LLC
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