Re: Newbe hardware question (vmodem)

Thanks David for your quick answer.

Now, to see If I get things right: 
At the moment, the cheapest I can get around with, for a simple IVR, is
a 4-ports analog PCI card that costs around U$S 400.
Am I missing some cheaper hardware out there?

Thanks again! 


On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:41:38 -0400, "David Sugar" <[email protected]>
said:
> I may bring vmodems back in bayonne2 at some point this year.  There are 
> several reasons this could be easier in Bayonne2.  First, the drivers 
> are now much simpler, so there is less work maintaining a varient. 
> Second, we have better seperation of drivers that can do extended 
> processing and those that cant.
> 
> Alex Schenkman wrote:
> > Hi:
> > 
> > I'm completely new to Bayonne and the IVR world.
> > I planning to deploy a little IVR system (2 telephone lines), running
> > FreeBSD, on the VIA EDEN mini-ITX.
> > 
> > I wonder if it possible to use a couple of voice modems instead of the
> > more expensive, and surely more powerfull, telephony cards supported by
> > bayonne.
> > I've found some references on the mailing list, from 2002, on "vmodem"
> > support, but it seems discontinued.
> > 
> > Any suggestion is very appreciated.
> > Thanks in advance !!
> > 
> > PS: Maybe one of these?
> > http://www.mycom.se/produkt/creative_modem_blaster_56kbps_v_92_modem_27570.html
> > http://www.mycom.se/produkt/sweex_56k_int_modem_ambient_hard_21259.html
> > 
> > 


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