Originally Posted by UAVirgin
Where have you found the SPA-942 fpr $60?
I said $60 *MORE* or $160. Know where I can get it for less?
Originally Posted by SpaceBass
I'm really happy with the Linksys phones....except the wireless ones!
As for the FXO cards, the x100p (wildcard as they are called) can be found for like $15 on ebay. However, I've heard of people having problems with three or more... so you may want to look at the external FXO options for 1 or 2 of the lines.
Of course, you could always ditch the PSTN lines in favor of VoIP trunks
I've been wondering about 4 FXO cards too. I suppose we could get away with 3 as I'm planning on dropping one PSTN line and we recently got a Sunrocket VOIP line. TO tell the truth, I'm less than happy with the performance of the VOIP line. I'm not sure whether it's because it generally sucks or because I have it connected behind my router. Calls tend to drop and I can't manage to receive calls on it. I've been traveling too much of late to be able to take the time to debug any of this.
How do the external FXO options work? Are they as I suspect, single port per box things? I really want to stay away from wall warts and the like. What exactly do I need to connect the Sunrocket gizmo to my Asterisk box?
Oh -- I see lots of references to the SPA-942 being easily configurable to 4 lines with a firmware update. I also see places selling the update for $35. Do I need to budget $35 for each phone for the update or can I buy it once (or even download it from somewhere)? I probably do want to see the status of each line on each phone so I'd need more than two lines/phone...
Have I asked enough questions?