The Cisco^® SPA8000 8-Port IP Telephony Gateway (Figure 1) is a full-featured analog telephone adapter (ATA) for small businesses, providing enhanced communication services via a broadband connection to the Internet.

The Cisco SPA8000 features eight RJ-11 FXS ports to connect analog telephones to IP-based data networks and includes a single multiport RJ-21 50-pin connector, offering an alternative connection choice when deploying the telephony gateway in varied environments. The device also has one 10/100BASE-T RJ-45 Ethernet interface to connect to either a router or a multilayer switch.

Solid in design, the Cisco SPA8000 is an affordable solution that is ideally suited for use in business and consumer voice over IP (VoIP) service offerings, including call centers and multidwelling environments. Customers can protect and extend their investment by continuing to use their existing analog telephones and teleconferencing equipment.

Features

-Eight voice ports (RJ11) for analog phones or fax machines

-Impedance agnostics: eight configurable settings

-Call waiting, cancel call waiting, call waiting caller ID

-Caller ID with name and number (multinational variants)

-Caller ID blocking

-Call forwarding: no answer, busy, all

-Do not disturb

-Call transfer

-Three-way conference calling with local mixing

-Message waiting indication-visual and tone based

-Call return

-Call back on busy

-Call blocking with toll restriction

-Delayed disconnect

-Distinctive ringing-calling and called number

-Off-hook warning tone

-Selective/anonymous call rejection

-Touch-tone phone keypad configuration with interactive voice response (IVR)

-Fax: G.711 pass-through or real-time fax over IP via T.38 (T.38 support is dependent on fax machine and network/transport resilience)