Re: [Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ?
- Original Message - From: "Michael T Farnworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 4:31 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ? > We have bought around 30 Grandstream phones, both BT101 and BT102. In > general the phone is reasonable, but it does have limitations. Notable > issues for users tend to be the lack of any sort of consultative transfer > or easy access to conference calling. Also its 'call waiting' facility is > a rather annoying and loud normal ringing noise, rather than the usual > 'beep beep' that people are probably used to and you can't disable the > call waiting feature. Entering numbers also has problems as if you dial > too quickly you tend to lose digits, even if you heard the tones and saw > them appear on the display. > Michael, I've put in a patch to fix call waiting for SIP phones, which is now part of the CVS. For each UA in sip.conf, insert the line incominglimit=1 Also, ensure that you have a "usename=blah". This will stop the call waiting for the Grandstream phones. HTH. Paul ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ?
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Carlos Arnt wrote: > I wanna buy a Sip Phone, but what is the best and cheap one ? > > I see alot of messages about, grandstream , snow etc etc. We have bought around 30 Grandstream phones, both BT101 and BT102. In general the phone is reasonable, but it does have limitations. Notable issues for users tend to be the lack of any sort of consultative transfer or easy access to conference calling. Also its 'call waiting' facility is a rather annoying and loud normal ringing noise, rather than the usual 'beep beep' that people are probably used to and you can't disable the call waiting feature. Entering numbers also has problems as if you dial too quickly you tend to lose digits, even if you heard the tones and saw them appear on the display. We just bought a Snom200 which is a lot more expensive, but you do get what you pay for. It has a better display which copes with caller name as well as caller number, has consultative transfer, conference calling, no problems with losing digits when dialling and a normal 'call waiting' beep. It also has a host of other features, but we haven't used it long enough to find any problems as yet. I don't know what the Snom105 is like, but if it is anywhere near as good as the Snom200 it may be a good alternative to the BT101/2. > Can him be used behind a nat system etc ? Both the Snom200 and BT101/2 have settings for use behind NAT. Michael ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ?
Carlos, It depends how good phone do you need. Grandstream phones are cheapest on market. Sometimes, when you are dealing with something cheap you might think that it’s garbage and this is why it’s cheap. In case of Grandstream IP Phones, I would say they are normal, they have all basic functionalities which are required for small * implementation. However, if you need excellent great phone, you definitely need to go for Cisco IP Phone, which will cost you much more. Many people are using Grandstream IP Phones, so we can say they are more or less normal phones. If you don’t play with firmware of IP Phone and won’t experiment with early pre-releases of software, I think you will be out of problems. To give you small overview, Grandstream has two basic versions of IP Phones: 1 port Ethernet BT101 model and Dual port Ethernet BT102. If you are limited with number of Ethernet ports on your hub/switch then you need to with BT102 model, because it has 2 Ethernet ports, one for LAN and one for PC, so it is acting as a small 1 port hub. It supports NAT, so you can call behind NAT, all you need is correctly make configuration of your Asterisk. Phones have different colors: black, white and blue. Because of phone look with “glass” dialpad buttons, some people on mailing list calls those Barbirtones ;-) So when you will make your choice, think that you are buying car, you can buy some Ford to drive everyday as a horse or you can buy luxury Mercedes, also to drive everyday but in different way ;-) If you like to purchase phones, we can help you, we are official Grandstream distributors. Discounted pricing is $65 for BT101 model and $75 for BT102 +s/h. We have currently products in stock in New York warehouse. BT101 model we have black and blue colors, BT102 white and black. If you need any phone, send your inquiry to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . We accept Credit Card (Visa/MasterCard), Wire transfer, company/personal check (should be clear before product will be shipped), Money orders and paypal. Credit Card and Paypal shipping/billing address should match for security reason. Thanks, Alexander XVOIP, LLC New York, NY ** Don’t forget to visit our Asterisk Online Forums: http://asterisk.xvoip.com We are waiting for you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Arnt Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ? Hi People, Can anyone help-me here with a simple question. I wanna buy a Sip Phone, but what is the best and cheap one ? I see alot of messages about, grandstream , snow etc etc. So for use with my * system, what sip phone is the best ?? Can him be used behind a nat system etc ? Or with a Broadband connection etc ? Thanks alot for help!! Carlos. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ?
Hi People, Can anyone help-me here with a simple question. I wanna buy a Sip Phone, but what is the best and cheap one ? I see alot of messages about, grandstream , snow etc etc. So for use with my * system, what sip phone is the best ?? Can him be used behind a nat system etc ? Or with a Broadband connection etc ? Thanks alot for help!! Carlos. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
