New Patton Digital Gateways Improve on a Good Thing

VoIP Supply recently attended a webinar hosted by Patton announcing their new Smartnode 4970, 4980, and 4990 series digital gateways.

We wanted to share the good word because we recognize Patton as a tier 1 gateway manufacturer who is known for 3 prevailing things:

1. Fantastic quality and reliability,
2. Industry-BEST free post-sales customer support,
3. and the fact that all Patton gateways are made in the USA.

There is nothing fun or sexy about a gateway, and often they are very hard to set up and configure to do what you want them to do, but with Patton, you can call them FOR FREE and they will help you configure your gateway to work the way you want it. Once it is set up, it will work correctly and it will work for a very long time. In the end, isn’t this what you want?

The new SN4970 and SN4980 digital gateways improve upon the SN4940 and SN4950 gateways with increased memory, both RAM and Flash, and in the new models, all 4 port chassis include Lifeline relay assuring PSTN fallback in case of a power outage.  Most importantly, the new SN4970 and SN4980 models are all IPv6 upgradeable to protect your investment against the future.

The Patton Smartnode 4970 digital VoIP Gateway is set to replace the very popular SN4940 VoIP Gateway by the end of the year. The SN4970 still offers 1 or 4 T1, E1, or PRI interfaces and can be licensed for 15 to 120 concurrent VoIP calls, however it improves on the SN4940 by offering IPv6 support.

The Patton Smartnode 4980 VoIP Gateway-Router replaces the SN4950. The Patton SN4980 is a VoIP Gateway and router combined offering QoS and VPN. Like the SN4950, the SN4980 comes in 1 or 4 port T1/E1/PRI models and offers from 15 to 120 voice channels. The Smartnode 4980 offers transcoding as an option upgradeable via software.

Unlike the SN4950, the SN4980 does not offer WAN broadband access. If you would like WAN access, you need to look at the SN4990.  The Patton SN4990 offers VoIP Gateway and router functionality with the addition of G.SHDSL or X.21 WAN Access.

The SN4970, SN4980, and SN4990 all offer an upgraded version with a high-precision clock for high demand ISDN networks or for use in DECT environments. If a high precision internal clock is needed, the SN4971, SN4981, and SN4991 are available for shipping now as well.