[Freeswitch-users] mod_g729

[Steve Underwood]

Hi Abdul,

Abdul Hakeem wrote:
> Is Brazil a 3rd world country ?  The last I hear Brazil was building
> aeroplanes, has it's own space and nuclear program and a GNP UK would be
> envious of.
> Cheers,
> AH 
>   

What relevance does that have to the current discussion?

Brazil is a country with large trade barriers, which skews the cost of 
hardware from the world market considerably. It is also pretty advanced, 
technically, and has a local base of electronics manufacturers. That 
considerably affects the economic tradeoffs in the use computers, 
telecoms, and other technology in Brazil. If something can be 
manufactured (or at least pass through final assembly) in Brazil, it 
will generally be much cheaper than something imported. That means some 
people find the use of locally made intelligent E1 cards is cheaper than 
the use of dumb cards from Digium or Sangoma.

Regards,
Steve