I’ve got my own setup.

So multiple lines for different purposes.

Also is handy for long remote support calls, putting that on speaker phone call is less likely to drop.

And is very useful when I can’t find my mobile.

One of the other reasons I wanted it was to automatically record phone calls, but then with the SIP server I tried out I found I had to pay for that feature after the trial had run out so I need to look into this and redo that server some time.

I didn’t know there were fake LSI cards. But often LSI cards are rebranded (e.g. Dell PERC)… Would anyone bother trying to make a fake of the rebranded versions?

I agreed a lot with your title and the first paragraph.

But I’m not sure if I agree with any of your 3 bullet points.