asterisk users - Jun 2006 - What ever happened to the LTAPI, the Linux Telephony API?

Hi,

I've just been going through the various modules that are autoloaded to 
see what I need and what I don't and came across chan_phone.so which 
loads /etc/asterisk/phone.conf.  I did a lookup on voip-info and google 
and came across this article in Linux Journal from 2001.

Anyone know why it isn't being used much (from what I can tell) and 
what's happening with it today?

Thanks,

Mike

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4468

Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just been going through the various modules that are autoloaded to
> see what I need and what I don't and came across chan_phone.so which 
> loads /etc/asterisk/phone.conf.  I did a lookup on voip-info and google 
> and came across this article in Linux Journal from 2001.
> 
> Anyone know why it isn't being used much (from what I can tell) and 
> what's happening with it today?
> 
The hardware is pretty crappy.

I've got three of the linejack cards sitting on a shelf collecting dust. 
  IIRC there are manifold limitations in terms of function and quality, 
and I think development has stopped because there are so many better 
hardware solutions on the market nowadays.

MO, FWIW.

B.

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