Re: [Fsfe-uk] Telephony card with free driver

[Alex Hudson]

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 21:23, Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote:
> > Best bet is to ask the GNU Bayonne guys, I would expect.
> 
> ..and Asterix [www.asteriskpbx.com].

Ooo, I didn't know about that - thanks. I'm surprised that these guys
haven't been sued over their name by the guys who sued Mobilix though...

> What worries me is the mention of [anything]oE as BT certainly does 
> PPPoA for (A)DSL. Some of the aailable cards mention support over 
> ethernet WAN. Documentation specific to UK if there are any is out of 
> the question.

Anything oE might just be standard network offerings, rather than
referring to the DSL wire protocol. But, it would be worth checking out.

> With the current cost of the hardware I am very reluctant to ask outside 
> the UK. I have already been bitten once with an  NTSC All in One Wonder 
> [TM] video card.

Heh, I had that problem recently too - I bought a Radeon 9200 because it
does decent 3D acceleration using free drivers. However, even though my
motherboard is AGP and the card is AGP, it wouldn't boot with it in :(

I think the phone situation might be slightly different - the POTS
'standard' is mostly the same everywhere. The fact that some of these
manufacturers also talk about connecting their equipment to E1 lines
also indicates they at least have knowledge of things beyond the big
blue ocean - might be worth asking.

Cheers,

Alex.