Hello, I'm trying to decide between the foneBRIDGE2 ($1135) and foneBRIDGE2-EC ($1610). Has anyone here directly compared the two? Would we really suffer without the onboard echo cancellation? The manufacturer's site doesn't really give much helpful information about choosing one over the other. Thanks. -- Kevin DeGraaf
Hi, On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:00 -0500, Kevin DeGraaf wrote:> Hello, > > I'm trying to decide between the foneBRIDGE2 ($1135) and foneBRIDGE2-EC > ($1610). > > Has anyone here directly compared the two?Nope.> Would we really suffer > without the onboard echo cancellation? The manufacturer's site doesn't > really give much helpful information about choosing one over the other.I would buy the one with EC. Do the math for your particular situation since there are so many different ones: what is it going to cost you when your customer suffers from echo up to a point where they are ready to throw you out, call Cisco and shell out the big bugs for a CallManager solution? Is a difference in purchase price of $500 worth the trouble? You decide :) Regards, Patrick
Hi Kevin -> I'm trying to decide between the foneBRIDGE2 ($1135) and foneBRIDGE2-EC > ($1610). > > Would we really suffer > without the onboard echo cancellation?Each situation is different, but I have a client that had significant problems with echo on their PRI. Asterisk's software EC (any of the varieties) was not able to fully compensate for it. When the customer asked for redundancy, I wanted to get them a foneBridge, but at the time, they didn't have an EC model so I threw that option out the window. So, I'd recommend paying the extra $475. In the long run, it's a drop in the bucket. - Noah