IronHelix
join:2002-04-05
| reply to timatg
Re: Is there any ATA that can't be locked
If you want an ATA that is physically incapable of being locked, then you want prtowskis' harry potter gadget. Nobody that I know of makes such a device, mostly because not supporting locking in any manner makes it useless to most service providers, who make up 95% of the ATA market.
You can easily prevent a Sipura from being locked, just turn off provision enable.
However, in this configuration, the device will be useless with any provider that does not support BYOD so you are stuck right back where you started. Vonage won't even talk to you about an ATA that wasn't Vonage-branded and has its serial number (MAC address) in their database, many of the others will allow you to use the device, however instead of giving you the SIP login, they will add your device's MAC to their database and tell you to plug in their tftp server info.
Thus, you either turn on provisioning, and the device works, but is probably then locked (although in such a case they would unlock it for free when you cancel), (thus losing you the benefits of an unlocked ATA) or they won't deal with you.
You need a carrier that supports true BYOD, like will give you the SIP login settings. IE teliax, broadvoice, quantumvoice and i think ViaTalk.
If you use an adapter they support, they will generally allow you to configure it via TFTP as above, but they will give you the admin password to it so you can then turn off provisioning, and make any other changes you want.
Alternatively, they give you a list of settings like your SIP server, login username, sip password, and a few other misc. generic settings to make your device work correctly, and after that you're on your own to set the thing up.
Sadly, such carriers are not nearly as common as locked carriers.
Personally I strongly dislike the concept of locking, as it prevents you from using the service to its fullest capability and restricts your choices. But I understand why they do it. Hopefully in a year or two this market will start to move beyond locking devices... not hopeful though. |
