Couldn't really blame Globetel for that device. It was made by a Spanish company. They thought everybody knows (inside Globetel) everything about Asterisk, IAX and all the other stuff. At least it was a good deal for Uli. It's not trash, it's only complicated.
Axel.Larator, belongs to the family. of toroidal devices for fusion energy where a toroidal plasma is magnetically confined.