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ASUS Integrates VOIP and PSTN Into Motherboards
yahyamf writes "ASUS recently announced that their TeleSky telecom adapter will now be included in two of their motherboards. The TeleSky converts an ordinary house phone into a multi-functional Skype phone. With one jack connected to the house phone and the other to the ground telephone line, the TeleSky can switch the house phone connection between the PSTN and VoIP networks. While it sounds interesting, how would this compare to the dedicated VOIP adapters available from SIPURA and others?"
They integrate a line interface in the mainboard, which is mostly a glorified connector to the soundcard. The telephone acts as a microphone and a speaker. That's it. The VOIP is all software.
The problem is that it would certainly require your computer to be on. I'd rather have a router with a VOIP capability: no need to switch on the computer and no need for (presumably) Windows-only drivers.
T.38 covers fax over IP. It's pretty much a standard feature on any adapter you buy. The device understands the modulation schemes used by fax machines and works by demodulating the fax signal, sending the digital data over the network, then a device on the other end recreates the modulated analog signal based on that data.
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> Also WTF is a phone line? VoIP goes over the net (re: ethernet) not a POTS
> (otherwise what's the f'ing point?).
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> Why not integrate a PS3 into it while you're at it?
What is a phone line? While Reading The Fine Article, I came across this statement:
"With one jack connected to the house phone and the other linked to the ground telephone line, the TeleSky(TM) can switch the house phone connection between PSTN and VoIP networks."
Also, the Fine Article listed some of the features of the product such as "I/O 2 RJ 11 connectors for phone and PSTN cable."
It would seem, then, that the motherboard has a couple RJ-11 connectors for what is commonly referred to as a telephone line. Of course, if you have telephones with RJ-45 connectors then this becomes moot, but most telephones have RJ-11 connectors and so a means for attaching one's telephone(s) to the computer becomes necessary.
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Just set up Asterisk. Asterisk is actually not that tough to run once you get past the jargon. I just recently blogged how I set up Asterisk with PSTN termination at home. Since then I've also gotten an unlocked Linksys ATA and I'm beginning to use it as a replacement for my old phone line.
more of the same on Twitter.
I didn't say it was a modem. I said it was a phone to mic/speaker adapter.
I simplified there, as this is also a Skype POTS adapter, allowing it to failover to a landline if you're not on the internet.
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