[cisco-voip] Any recommendations for FXS/FXO hardware with Cisco Unified CME?

[Joel M Snyder]

Folks:

I checked the archives for the past year (searching on ata, fxs, and 
analog) and this doesn't seem to be a FAQ.  If I'm wrong, I apologize in 
advance.

I was wondering if anyone has specific recommendations for low-density 
(2-8 ports) FXS/FXO hardware that they are using with Cisco PBX devices. 
  (And I guess T1/E1 as well.)

I know that typical IOS boxes can take modules/interfaces/whatever to 
handle FXS/FXO/T1/E1, but I'm trying to put some electrical distance 
between the Cisco CME PBX and the phone company to keep environmental 
problems (lightning, mostly) from blowing up the PBX.

Cisco themselves seem to have cancelled almost all of their low-end 
hardware, leaving us with Sipura/Linksys.  I have had good results with 
Audiocodes+Asterisk, but not in the Cisco CME PBX environment.  Does 
anyone have boots-on-the-ground knowledge of good analog gateway choices 
that play very nicely with Cisco CME PBX?

Thanks,

jms
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