Sangoma A101 or Digium and echo cancellation or not

[atsak]

Looking for some feedback; going to implement PBXIAF for a company I work for with who has a PRI. Wondering if people prefer the Sangoma cards or Digium ones (At first glance the Sangoma looks better) and with or without hardware echo cancellation.

Cost really isn't *that* important but I don't want to be wasteful. Easy to install, now that is important (I'm fine with hardware but a Windows not a Linux guy so . . .)

Thanks.

 

[euser4life]

You should probably also consider the Rhino line of PRI cards.

A R1T1-EC (that's with hardware echo cancellation) can be had for under $500.00. They are super easy to configure with the setup-rhino-se script. Look here for details:

https://support.rhinoequipment.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=50

We've got a few of these out at customer sites and have been very happy with them as well as having the ability to call support and get a human on the phone.

 

[briankelly63]

http://pbxinaflash.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40181&postcount=2

Brian

 

[jmullinix]

Sangoma has a lifetime warranty on their t-1 cards and I would recommend hardware echo cancellation. Tuning echo out of a TDM card can take a while. Your time is worth something.

 

[Linetux]

I have all three PRI cards at my disposal.

Let me just say that the Digium card is in the disposal, if you will.

Rhino is a great option for cost-cutting.

Sangoma is the best choice if you want to sleep at night.

... yeah, that about sums it up

 

[blanchae]

Sangoma has a lifetime warranty on their t-1 cards and I would recommend hardware echo cancellation. Tuning echo out of a TDM card can take a while. Your time is worth something.

The TDM card is not a PRI card but an FXO/FXS card. The TE cards are PRI and are very different from the TDM cards for use. The TDM cards are difficult to use but the TE110P work great.

 

[atsak]

I'm buying the Sangoma with echo cancellations. So now, where to shop - anyone frequenting the board want to sell me one; I'm near Toronto? Send a PM.