{"id":257,"date":"2018-07-26T20:47:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T20:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.1.214\/?p=257"},"modified":"2026-11-04T20:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T20:47:38","slug":"what-can-you-do-with-an-8-fxo-voip-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/26\/what-can-you-do-with-an-8-fxo-voip-device\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can You Do with an 8-FXO VoIP Device?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lately, folks have been asking me for an on-premise VoIP gateway with eight&nbsp; FXO ports. So we made it. Can you guess why people wanted it? We actually created three flavors of these analog-trunking devices (keep reading)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8fxo-app.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3;width:900px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8fxo-app.png 900w, https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8fxo-app-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8fxo-app-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is <strong>something special<\/strong> about the dual-Ethernet gateways:&nbsp; <em>they can morph into enterprise session border controllers (eSBCs)<\/em> when the business decides to go All-IP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patton.com\/press\/New-Analog-Trunking-Gateway-morphs-from-FXO-to-SIP-when-you-go-All-IP\/\">New Analog Trunking Gateway morphs from FXO to SIP when you go All-IP<\/a> Patton has been making analog trunking gateways for decades. Our menu of on-premise VoIP devices offers VoIP solutions for SMBs that need 8 FXO trunks to connect with a SIP PBX (a.ka. IP PBX).&nbsp;These new guys are perfect for delivering <strong>first-line analog POTS connectivity<\/strong> or <strong>analog fallback and survivability<\/strong> for an on-premise All-IP enterprise telephony system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So here&#8217;s why the people wanted it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a small business or non-profit that requires eight&nbsp;concurrent&nbsp;analog calls or a mix of 16 simultaneous BRI\/FXO calls, an 8-FXO VoIP gateway can be used to deliver the following useful services&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First-line analog trunks<\/strong>\u00a0with any on-premise SIP PBX, including the likes of 3CX, Avaya, Asterisk, RingCentral, Mitel, Panasonic, and many others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Future-proof IP telephony<\/strong>\u00a0(with analog trunks) with a seamless migration path to SIP trunking or hosted telephony<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hybrid analog and IP telephony<\/strong>\u00a0with a SIP trunk and up to 8 analog FXO connections for PSTN breakout, fallback, and system survivability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connectivity support for legacy devices<\/strong>: fax machines, analog phones, BRI phones, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the three new product lines we came up with for Patton customers. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Analog Trunking VoIP gateway<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0field-upgradeable to eSBC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>All-IP enterprise session border controller (eSBC)<\/strong>\u00a0with 8 analog FXS\/FXO interfaces for legacy device connections and\/or PSTN Fallback <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Digit<\/strong><strong>al-Analog Hybrid\u00a0<\/strong><strong>eSBC and Router<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a016-call hybrid CPE with a mix of FXS, FXO, and\u00a0BRI-So\u00a0ports<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sn5550-app.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sn5550-app.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sn5550-app-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hybrid 8-FXO\/4-BRI application<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soon-to-be-released <strong>Patton Cloud<\/strong>&nbsp;service will provide remote license-key and additional element management functions for all Patton devices. Watch for the announcement&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What do you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why do\u00a0<strong>YOU<\/strong> need an 8-FXO VoIP CPE and how would you use it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Add your thoughts<\/strong>&nbsp;in the comments below\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, folks have been asking me for an on-premise VoIP gateway with eight&nbsp; FXO ports. So we made it. 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