I'm not certain, but I don't think you can use SIP with the 7912. - Ian
On 2/22/06, David Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jumping into this thread... now. > > A couple of people have praised the Cisco phones - but only the high end > ones. What is wrong with the 7912? Is it just that it isn't a good choice > for a executive, but would work for your typical cubical jockey? Or is > there something majorly missing in the 7912 compared to the 7960? > > BTW: looking forward to hearing Leif give his presentation tonight. > > - Dave > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ian > Service > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:48 AM > *To:* Leif Madsen > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [on-asterisk] Phones > > I wholeheartedly agree. I'm only implementing the Cisco phones now. > While they are more expensive the quality of the calls are amazing and just > makes clients happier overall. Plus the Services menu allows for > integration with any system you'd like, which is really cool. > > One thing to note, even though the SPA-942 has the extra ethernet port, > I've been told that it's only 10mb, so if you're planning on using that it > will limit your computer's connection speed to your 100+mb. > > - Ian > > On 2/22/06, Leif Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 2/21/06, Chad Kempt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've just started looking into adding telephony via asterisk to my > > > business offerings. Before I can consider that I need to implement > > the > > > technology in my own office here and use it for a while. Could you > > > please recommend a couple of different phone models at different price > > > points that make the best use of asterisk? > > > > Look at the new Linksys SPA-942 offerings. Its basically (it is) the > > guts of the old Sipura phones, but now with tasty Cisco style plastic, > > backlit display and two port bridge (for connecting your computer via > > the phone). > > > > I think retail price is around the $150 range, allows you 2 lines (4 > > with software "upgrade"), and is just a nice looking phone all around. > > For the price range, I'd say it's definately the best bang-for-buck. > > > > Other phones I like include the Cisco 7960 (6 lines) and 7940 (2 > > lines) [expensive], and the Polycom IP501 (3 lines) and IP601 (6 > > lines) (less expensive, but more than the SPA-942). The Polycoms are > > (in my opinion) ugly phones, but work fairly well as long as you avoid > > the web GUI config at all costs (that means you need to use TFTP or > > some other remote configuration option). > > > > The speaker phone will be MUCH better on the Cisco and Polycom phones, > > but I think the SPA-942 has improved on the old speaker phone and made > > it usable now. My opinion is that the Cisco has a much cleaner > > sounding speaker (microphone is nearly identical, so you won't sound > > any different to the other end with either phone, but if you need to > > listen to someone talk, the speaker in the Cisco is much nicer -- the > > Polycom has WAY too much mids and not enough highs and can make the > > person you're speaking to sound very muffled). > > > > Hope that helps! See you guys at the meet tonight! > > > > -- > > Leif Madsen. > > http://www.leifmadsen.com > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
