From everything I've researched to date, my understanding is most locations have chosen to double their port density and continue to service the phone and computer on separate ports than to share a single line for both computer and phone. Reason primarily mentioned being troubleshooting concerns. If this is the case, the second port is not required, and become nothing but another gimmick to sell to you.

Is this everyone else's experience as well?

Thanks,

Jason

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."


On 2/8/2012 2:01 AM, Vieri wrote:
I'm trying to understand why vendors keep making 100Mbps integrated 1-port 
switches in their hardware SIP phones. Even the recently-announced D40 and D50 
Digium phones are limited to 100Mbps. Only the more expensive models (like the 
D70) can run at 1000Mbps.
However, you can't expect a firm with hundreds of extensions to buy the most 
expensive model...
And gigabit speed is important when "sharing" the network with a PC (because PC apps may 
"require" gigabit speed).

The day will come when medium or low-budget hardphones will have integrated 
gigabit switches. But is it THAT expensive to put in 2 gigabit ports in a 
hardphone nowadays? Or is it just marketing?

How much would it take for Digium to sell their D40 phones with gigabit ports?

Vieri


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