Linksys SINGLE FXS SINGLE FXO VOIP

(MPN: SPA3000)

Description: The SPA3000 features the same VoIP adapter functionality found in the SPA1000 and SPA2002 with an additional benefit of an integrated connection for legacy telephone network "hop-on, hop-off" applications. SPA3000 users will be able to leve.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 04/08/2006
detiger from IA Member Since: Sep 2005 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Weeks	rich functions, works well, excellent product for electronics geeks Strengths: It is an excellent product to bridge VOIP and PSTN lines. Works well, has tons of features in a small box. Weaknesses: The product only comes with a minimal quickstart booklet. The full guide in Sipura's web page is difficult to follow. Summary: This is an excellent product. Not only does it allow you do all the VOIP calls, which its siblings, Linksys PAP2 can do, but also its gateway function connects one/two VOIP lines to a PSTN line. There are many other features. It works well after proper configuration. The input for the power adapter is 110-230v, so this can be used for many countries. Because of its rich features, it's configuration could be complicated. This is what I expected. The problem is it only comes with ONE piece of letter size paper, talking about installation and configuration, as well as warranty information. I had to download a guide from Sipura's website for serious configurations. However, this 87 page guide fills with jargons and you have to STUDY it. I have one problem with the configuration, and I was not able to get the PSTN-to-VOIP working even after read it many times. Finally, I used a configuration wizard at Voxilla and got everything work all right. Overall, it is a good product. The instruction guide could be better for end users. 100% of People (3/3) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 04/04/2006
bradleychapin Member Since: Feb 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Days	SPA-3000 - makes VoIP work for you without having to pay high monthly costs! Strengths: Small Form Factor (4" x 4" x 1"), Supports SIP - Leading VoIP protocol, Internal FXO FXS and IP routing (see below), Supports PINs (extend international calling to cellular) Weaknesses: Typically must buy with a service plan or for a high price, the price at buy.com makes this a steal. Summary: First off, this device has an FXO and an FXS port. Many of you may not know what that means, or what it can provide you. The FXO means I can connect it to the Public Switched Telephone Netork (e.g. POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) line at home that you get from AT&T, or could be "digital phone" from Comcast, etc) and the FXS allows me to connect any home phone (e.g. cordless gigaset, etc). Not too many devices support both (most devices support either 1 or 2 FXS ports), and while a few others do, this is where this device from Linksys beats all of the others out. This device has routing between the interfaces and that makes it far superior than anything else on the market. That means that I can a) Use my cellular phone to dial my phone analog line and based on caller ID prompt for a PIN and then allow connections over my VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) connection This is valuable because a) It allows me to reach friends while away from my PC that are using VoIP, but don't have a PSTN number in the US. I can call home using my cellular and reach them. b) This device also allows me to route all of the calls out of the IP interface -- Be able to use this device as a forwarding service when I am not home, but want the calls to reach me. I could pay my POTS provider $5/month + 20 cents a minute, but why then I can route to any number in the world and pay nominal fees (since these are pay as you go, many have 1 cent in the US per minute). -- I may be able to also have this device route calls to voicemail via a free VoIP service (FWD, VBuzzer, SIPphone, etc). Typically these providers give you a personal greeting and send the recorded file via email. If you have yahoo, you can send an SMS (Short Message Service) of the message received, but not be able to get to it unless you have email. This is exactly what I would want to do when traveling abroad as it's cheap to go to an Internet cafe, but very expensive to call home to see if I have a message, who it is from, etc. The opposite is true of my friends who have VoIP service. I believe I can have the call come into the VoIP interface and then with PIN (and/or maybe caller ID), route the call out of my POTS interface to my cellular number. This should save me some serious $$$ by not having to voicemail with my POTS provider, or dealing with an answering machine at home. I'm not sure how best to configure this yet as I just got this device, but so many more things are possible with this device, esp. when coupled with other services and or products. If I can share my actual experience later on appended to this review, I will! 100% of People (2/2) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 04/04/2006
motlittle from MD Member Since: Jul 2004 View Member's: Reviews	SPA-3000 SINGLE FXS SINGLE FXO VOIP Strengths: One of the best products I have purchased to keep up with the fastly changing world wide telecommunication system. This small ATA gives me communication options that would not be possibe with POTS li Weaknesses: This SPA-3000 could only be made better if it could configure itself for each of it's Pots, Voip, and cellular forwarding capabilities. I have a lot to read. Summary: This SPA-3000 is the best ATA that I have owned so far. I know that this technology is advancing rapidly, but the SPA-3000 gives me the ability to get the most out of my Pots, Voip, and cellular services. I now have a wider range of communication spanning the globe. The costs of these increased range of communications is declining. Let technology move ahead. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.