Re: [PLUG] phone to USB adapter

[Jason <jcostom@gmail.com>]

On 6/19/06, Andrew Libby <alibby@tangeis.com> wrote:
> I don't know of a USB adapter, but when Lee gave his Asterisk
> talk he had something like this:
>
> http://www.voipsupply.com/product_info.php?products_id=209
>
> It's a small device that will gateway POTS to IAX, which allows you
> to have a small footprint device to access an asterisk service through
> the network with a regular POTS phone.

Strictly speaking, that device, the IAXy does not gateway POTS to
IAX2.  It's an IAX2 to FXS converter.  That is to say, it's an ATA, or
Analog Terminal Adapter.  That's a great little device for doing
something like connecting an analog cordless phone to an Asterisk
setup.

To gateway POTS to a VoIP protocol, like say SIP, you'd need something
like a Sipura SPA-3000 or 3102.  That's an FXO device.  Those 2 I
mentioned also happen to have FXS ports onboard, so you could also use
an analog phone with them.  In fact, many people skip Asterisk
alltogether and use something like the SPA-3000 with a SIP provider
directly.

--j
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