The Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor (ATA) Series brings the telephone to the networked world. By turning any analog phone into an IP phone, the ATA addresses the needs of the emerging market of "second line" residential voice over IP (VoIP) services. Service provider customers will be able to use the ATA to take advantage of broadband connections, including cable modems, xDSL, and fixed wireless.The Cisco ATA 186 Analog Telephone Adaptor is a handset-to-Ethernet adaptor that interfaces regular analog phones with IP-based telephony networks. The Cisco ATA 186 is installed at the subscriber's premises and supports two voice ports, each with its own independent phone number. This adaptor takes advantage of broadband pipes being deployed through digital subscriber line (xDSL), fixed wireless, cable modems, and other Ethernet connections. The Cisco ATA 186 is the ideal solution for service providers deploying IP telephony services in the residential market while taking advantage of the installed base of handsets. By deploying IP-based telephones as a second-line, service providers can now offer additional revenue-generating services for emerging telephony applications in their residential services portfolio. Service providers can also realize a rapid return on investment (ROI) by utilizing their existing networks and move to converged network architectures.
1 Very good and reliable phone adapter.
Pros: It provides excellent connections between international offices. We are using the adapters for direct dial by IP address.
Cons: It takes some time to setup the adapter if you have not done it before. CISCO will not support end users directly.
It interoperates very well with Polycom IP 500CS.
