ATA186 End of Sale?

James Hawkins · ‎05-06-2009

Hi,

Does anyone know how long the ATA186 is likely to remain on sale given the launch of the new VG202 and VG204?

There is no end of sale notice yet published but given how old they are and the lack of support for fax relay I could see them being removed from the product range in the near future.

Has anyone heard anything about this?

pradeepde · ‎05-12-2009

End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the ATA 186 and ATA 188.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6788/phones/ps514/prod_end-of-life_notice0900aecd8068e2c3.html

descalante2007 · ‎05-19-2009

The EOL document refers only a little change in product name, nothing about end of sales.

By the way, I can't find a real justification to use VG202 or VG204 besides the difference in price I think is excessive.

James Hawkins · ‎05-22-2009

Agree the pricing for the VG202 and VG204 is silly in comparison to the ATA186.

The reason that I do not want to use the ATAs is that I want to use T.38 fax relay rather than passthrough.

Some third aprty ATAs support T.38 including the Linksys SPA 2102

http://www.voiptalk.org/products/Linksys+SPA+2102#tab_overview

Has anyone tried using these with CCM?