Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Yehavi Bourvine wrote: > We have one 7912 which we bought for evaluation. The main drawback is that > it has hands free speaker but no microphone. > That's true. But we will be getting higher models for the speaker function. Did you find or know of a way to do paging with the Cisco 7912G ? Looking around on Google didn't come up with much. Mikel ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
We have one 7912 which we bought for evaluation. The main drawback is that it has hands free speaker but no microphone. __Yehavi: 2008/12/23 Mikel Lindsaar > Thanks all for your replies. > I have an aastra 9133i here for testing and am getting a polycom 320 to try > out. > > But today, I got my hands on an older Cisco 7912G with SIP software > installed. It connected fine to the Asterisk box, works with the PoE stuff > I have, sounds good and doesn't seem to have any problems. Best all, I can > buy "near new" for about $60 each in Australian dollars (thats about 45USD > with the Aussie dollar being what it is :) > > The handsets look OK, they are nice and solid feeling and very easy to use > / not complex. > > Any reason not to use the 7912G ? Seems with the SIP image they work just > dandy... > > > Mikel > > ___ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
Thanks all for your replies. I have an aastra 9133i here for testing and am getting a polycom 320 to try out. But today, I got my hands on an older Cisco 7912G with SIP software installed. It connected fine to the Asterisk box, works with the PoE stuff I have, sounds good and doesn't seem to have any problems. Best all, I can buy "near new" for about $60 each in Australian dollars (thats about 45USD with the Aussie dollar being what it is :) The handsets look OK, they are nice and solid feeling and very easy to use / not complex. Any reason not to use the 7912G ? Seems with the SIP image they work just dandy... Mikel ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Yehavi Bourvine wrote: > I have one ST2030 bought for testing. Indeed it has a very intuitive user's > interface, bue I've found two drawbacks: > > Its sound quality has some place to be improved... > It has no RPID support (displaying the name of the called party). > > If these two issues are fixed, then it might be the better choice > for cheaper price. > > __Yehavi: > > 2008/12/21 Olivier >> >> I don't know if Thomson ST2030 SIP phones are distributed where you live >> but those have the best feature set-price ratio. >> They integrate smoothly with Asterisk (one touch pickup, BLF, MWI, ...) >> with up to 5 simultaneous calls. >> >> Here in France, those are selected everywhere ... >> >> I would recommend them without any hesitation. >> >> ___ While feeling cheap, the BT101 seemed reasonable during testinng. It was the day to day customer issues that made me go back and replace with Polycom for hardware cost only, no labor. I guess you have to define "testing". -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
I'll have to run some TCPDUMP to see what happens. I'll also try this with OpenSIPS where there is more flexbility with the header fields. Thanks, __Yehavi: 2008/12/23 Olivier > > > 2008/12/23 Yehavi Bourvine > >> I have one ST2030 bought for testing. Indeed it has a very intuitive >> user's interface, bue I've found two drawbacks: >> >>- Its sound quality has some place to be improved... >>- It has no RPID support (displaying the name of the called party). >> >> Hi, > > Have you tried P-Asserted-Identity features (from latest Asterisk and > ST2030) ? > I > 'm hoping that using this feature, you can have your ST2030 displaying the > name of the person you're calling : whenever, Asterisk is acking the INVITE > message it received from the ST2030, it should include the name of called > party. > > To be honest, I really don't know how you can teach Asterisk to behave this > way (ie to include called party name in ACK replies) but I'm sure the phone > support displaying names from trusted parties. > > It's on my TODO list, anyway, as I would also like to let this phone > display caller's name when picking up a call (instead of the dialed string). > > Regards > > >>- >> >> If these two issues are fixed, then it might be the better choice >> for cheaper price. >> >> __Yehavi: >> >> 2008/12/21 Olivier >> >>> I don't know if Thomson ST2030 SIP phones are distributed where you live >>> but those have the best feature set-price ratio. >>> They integrate smoothly with Asterisk (one touch pickup, BLF, MWI, ...) >>> with up to 5 simultaneous calls. >>> >>> Here in France, those are selected everywhere ... >>> >>> I would recommend them without any hesitation. >>> >>> ___ >>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >>> >>> asterisk-users mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>> >> >> >> ___ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > > ___ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
2008/12/23 Yehavi Bourvine > I have one ST2030 bought for testing. Indeed it has a very intuitive user's > interface, bue I've found two drawbacks: > >- Its sound quality has some place to be improved... >- It has no RPID support (displaying the name of the called party). > > Hi, Have you tried P-Asserted-Identity features (from latest Asterisk and ST2030) ? I 'm hoping that using this feature, you can have your ST2030 displaying the name of the person you're calling : whenever, Asterisk is acking the INVITE message it received from the ST2030, it should include the name of called party. To be honest, I really don't know how you can teach Asterisk to behave this way (ie to include called party name in ACK replies) but I'm sure the phone support displaying names from trusted parties. It's on my TODO list, anyway, as I would also like to let this phone display caller's name when picking up a call (instead of the dialed string). Regards >- > > If these two issues are fixed, then it might be the better choice > for cheaper price. > > __Yehavi: > > 2008/12/21 Olivier > >> I don't know if Thomson ST2030 SIP phones are distributed where you live >> but those have the best feature set-price ratio. >> They integrate smoothly with Asterisk (one touch pickup, BLF, MWI, ...) >> with up to 5 simultaneous calls. >> >> Here in France, those are selected everywhere ... >> >> I would recommend them without any hesitation. >> >> ___ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > > ___ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
I have one ST2030 bought for testing. Indeed it has a very intuitive user's interface, bue I've found two drawbacks: - Its sound quality has some place to be improved... - It has no RPID support (displaying the name of the called party). If these two issues are fixed, then it might be the better choice for cheaper price. __Yehavi: 2008/12/21 Olivier > I don't know if Thomson ST2030 SIP phones are distributed where you live > but those have the best feature set-price ratio. > They integrate smoothly with Asterisk (one touch pickup, BLF, MWI, ...) > with up to 5 simultaneous calls. > > Here in France, those are selected everywhere ... > > I would recommend them without any hesitation. > > ___ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
forums - sigma wrote: > having deployed a fair amount of phones I have the following observation > (and these observations are worth what you paid for them :-) ) > > > 1. Linksys 942, my preferred mainstream desk phone, a bit more expensive > than the Polycom IP330. Be careful as there are two SKUs with and > without power supply (which is true of the ip330). The 942 has a nice > large backlit screen, nice big MWI light, takes a 3.5mm headphone. With > latest firmware, now supports BLF and LDAP. Finally BLF support! I've not done a great deal of Asterisk work in the last six months, but the lack of BLF support in the 942 was one of the few irritants with these phones. Not that the SPA-942 really has enough buttons to make proper use of the feature, but one or two is a whole hell of a lot better than none! ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
Rob Hillis wrote: > Michael wrote: >> My experience with Grandstream is that are one of the better 'cheap' ones, >> but >> cheap non the less. > > I am yet to run into a worse IP phone than the Grandstreams - although > having said that, I should say that I've always steered clear of most > of the Chinese "no-name" brand phones. They're unstable, > temperamental and upgrading the firmware is a crapshoot half the time > since you never know what new bugs will be introduced and quite often > you can't downgrade the firmware if you don't like the newer firmware. > > My suggestion would be to look at the Snom 300 (although they are very > simplistic phones), the Polycom IP330 (I have a feeling the 320s don't > support PoE) or the Linksys phones. I noted an earlier post saying > that these phones were overpriced and designed to lock you in to > Linksys gear - my experience has been completely different. The > SPA-942 is quite cheap and integrates nicely with Asterisk. The > SPA-962 is considerably more expensive - but considering the size of > the colour LCD screen, they're not that badly priced. (as an aside, > the button banks for the SPA-962 are one of the /cheapest/ available!) > > > ___ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users having deployed a fair amount of phones I have the following observation (and these observations are worth what you paid for them :-) ) 1. Linksys 942, my preferred mainstream desk phone, a bit more expensive than the Polycom IP330. Be careful as there are two SKUs with and without power supply (which is true of the ip330). The 942 has a nice large backlit screen, nice big MWI light, takes a 3.5mm headphone. With latest firmware, now supports BLF and LDAP. 2. Polycom IP330 (320 is same, except it doesn't have the 2port ethernet switch built in "PC port"). Biggest dis advantage is no voicemail key, you have to assign a speed dial to Line2 (there is a plastic VM key you can use, but you have to swap the plastic key overlay). 3.5mm headphone jack. 3. Grandstream phones... they work with "quirks" for call xfer and conference as an example. The phone buttons don't have a "business" feel to them my 2 cents... jim (www.sigma-networks.com) ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
I don't know if Thomson ST2030 SIP phones are distributed where you live but those have the best feature set-price ratio. They integrate smoothly with Asterisk (one touch pickup, BLF, MWI, ...) with up to 5 simultaneous calls. Here in France, those are selected everywhere ... I would recommend them without any hesitation. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Mike wrote: > >> My suggestion would be to look at the Snom 300 (although they are very >> simplistic phones), the Polycom IP330 (I have > a feeling the 320s don't >> support PoE) or the Linksys phones. > > > > Polycom 320 does support PoE (I have a few deployed) but don't include the > 10/100 switch. That is the only diff between the 330 and 320. So if you're > sharing a wall jack between a VoIP phone and a PC, you're better off with > the 330. If not, the 320 is noticeably cheaper. > > > > That being said, unless money is tight (which happens), go with a Polycom > 550 or even a 650.The bigger screen makes juggling calls easier. > I would personally call VoIPSupply and other vendors. I mention VoIPSupply because they often post to the biz list with extra inventory or refurbs and a good price. I picked up 10 Polycom 600s I believe for $150 each. End of fiscal year or quarter, they need to make numbers.. > > > > > Mike > > > -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
> My suggestion would be to look at the Snom 300 (although they are very simplistic phones), the Polycom IP330 (I have > a feeling the 320s don't support PoE) or the Linksys phones. Polycom 320 does support PoE (I have a few deployed) but don't include the 10/100 switch. That is the only diff between the 330 and 320. So if you're sharing a wall jack between a VoIP phone and a PC, you're better off with the 330. If not, the 320 is noticeably cheaper. That being said, unless money is tight (which happens), go with a Polycom 550 or even a 650.The bigger screen makes juggling calls easier. Mike ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
Michael wrote: >> I bought it. The SPA962 went on ebay within 3 months of me buying it. >> I have a few grandstream 286's I like to use for traveling and placing >> in remote areas of an installation. >> > 3 months... that long? > Again I'm surprised. I've had no problems at all with the Linksys phones connected to an Asterisk system. My list of irritants with the phone is pretty low - you can't use the line buttons as BLF buttons and localising tones is rather painful. They're not in the same class as Polycoms when it comes to hands-free (but then again, basically nothing else is) but the hands-free is quite usable. > I have a Linksys SPA9000 IP PBX I want to quit. Mint condition with all > packing etc. Nothing 'wrong' with it (except that it's a Linksys) I just hate > proprietary stuff which is what the Linksys is. > Ahh... that's a bit different. Yes, the SPA-9000s are an overpriced pain in the ass, but the phones certainly don't fall into the same category. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
> One person's trash is another's treasure. > > I've used many linksys phones, including the SPA962 and found the > sound quality and usage to be simply sub-par. In several set-up's I > found the sound quality of a Grandstream 286 ATA to be much better > than a SPA962 IP phone. But, I agree in I find the polycom to be > amazing phones — and you end up paying for it (although on long term > cost of ownership it might not be that bad. I bought a Polycom 601 > years ago, use it heavily, and it sounds just as good today as the day > I bought it. The SPA962 went on ebay within 3 months of me buying it. > I have a few grandstream 286's I like to use for traveling and placing > in remote areas of an installation. > > Fred Posner 3 months... that long? I have a Linksys SPA9000 IP PBX I want to quit. Mint condition with all packing etc. Nothing 'wrong' with it (except that it's a Linksys) I just hate proprietary stuff which is what the Linksys is. Still it may well suit someone present on the list who doesn't mind that they will have to buy Linksys brand phones to work with it, and they want it because of the nifty "any n00b can use this" set up utility. Michael ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:27:29 you wrote: > Michael wrote: > > My experience with Grandstream is that are one of the better 'cheap' > > ones, but cheap non the less. > > I am yet to run into a worse IP phone than the Grandstreams - although > having said that, I should say that I've always steered clear of most of > the Chinese "no-name" brand phones. They're unstable, temperamental and > upgrading the firmware is a crapshoot half the time since you never know > what new bugs will be introduced and quite often you can't downgrade the > firmware if you don't like the newer firmware. +1 I STRONGLY recommend to the O.P. that whatever they do, whatever path they decide to take, that they *only* buy one or two units to test, and test them fully, until they are absolutely sure the item is not a POS. Nothing worse then being stuck with 30x POS. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Rob Hillis wrote: Michael wrote: My experience with Grandstream is that are one of the better 'cheap' ones, but cheap non the less. I am yet to run into a worse IP phone than the Grandstreams - although having said that, I should say that I've always steered clear of most of the Chinese "no-name" brand phones. They're unstable, temperamental and upgrading the firmware is a crapshoot half the time since you never know what new bugs will be introduced and quite often you can't downgrade the firmware if you don't like the newer firmware. My suggestion would be to look at the Snom 300 (although they are very simplistic phones), the Polycom IP330 (I have a feeling the 320s don't support PoE) or the Linksys phones. I noted an earlier post saying that these phones were overpriced and designed to lock you in to Linksys gear - my experience has been completely different. The SPA-942 is quite cheap and integrates nicely with Asterisk. The SPA-962 is considerably more expensive - but considering the size of the colour LCD screen, they're not that badly priced. (as an aside, the button banks for the SPA-962 are one of the cheapest available!) One person's trash is another's treasure. I've used many linksys phones, including the SPA962 and found the sound quality and usage to be simply sub-par. In several set-up's I found the sound quality of a Grandstream 286 ATA to be much better than a SPA962 IP phone. But, I agree in I find the polycom to be amazing phones — and you end up paying for it (although on long term cost of ownership it might not be that bad. I bought a Polycom 601 years ago, use it heavily, and it sounds just as good today as the day I bought it. The SPA962 went on ebay within 3 months of me buying it. I have a few grandstream 286's I like to use for traveling and placing in remote areas of an installation. Fred Posner ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
Michael wrote: > My experience with Grandstream is that are one of the better 'cheap' ones, > but > cheap non the less. I am yet to run into a worse IP phone than the Grandstreams - although having said that, I should say that I've always steered clear of most of the Chinese "no-name" brand phones. They're unstable, temperamental and upgrading the firmware is a crapshoot half the time since you never know what new bugs will be introduced and quite often you can't downgrade the firmware if you don't like the newer firmware. My suggestion would be to look at the Snom 300 (although they are very simplistic phones), the Polycom IP330 (I have a feeling the 320s don't support PoE) or the Linksys phones. I noted an earlier post saying that these phones were overpriced and designed to lock you in to Linksys gear - my experience has been completely different. The SPA-942 is quite cheap and integrates nicely with Asterisk. The SPA-962 is considerably more expensive - but considering the size of the colour LCD screen, they're not that badly priced. (as an aside, the button banks for the SPA-962 are one of the /cheapest/ available!) ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Michael wrote: >> Mentioning costs, one might be tempted to mention "grandsteam", but for >> some people, those have a bad reputation, although i have two of thos >> phone for over two years without any problem.. >> >> OTOH, why not consider the Siemens A580-IP? >> Recently i bought a package, containing the DECT-base-station (direct >> IP-interface) and two handsets, (each 6 sip-entries), two >> handset-chargers for about 100 Euro's. >> Audio-quality is good. Don't think you can buy SIP-phones any cheaper... > > My experience with Grandstream is that are one of the better 'cheap' ones, but > cheap non the less. I've deployed a few 100 Grandstreams and generally been happy with them. Maybe I've just been lucky. They do have their quirks though, but they are very easy to use and setup. Gordon ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
> Mentioning costs, one might be tempted to mention "grandsteam", but for > some people, those have a bad reputation, although i have two of thos > phone for over two years without any problem.. > > OTOH, why not consider the Siemens A580-IP? > Recently i bought a package, containing the DECT-base-station (direct > IP-interface) and two handsets, (each 6 sip-entries), two > handset-chargers for about 100 Euro's. > Audio-quality is good. Don't think you can buy SIP-phones any cheaper... My experience with Grandstream is that are one of the better 'cheap' ones, but cheap non the less. Michael ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 21:00 +1100, Mikel Lindsaar wrote: > Hello list, > > > I am doing some work for a non profit group. > > > As part of this, I am going to be putting in a 30 handset Asterisk > solution. We are trying to keep the costs down as much as possible, > as this job includes cabling, I am looking at POE solutions. > > > On the switch side, I am considering something like some Netgear > ProSafe FS726TP 24 port switches, or maybe the equivalent Linksys > SRW224MP 24 port switch. About 4 of these will run the phones and > computers on the network connecting back to a gigabit switch handling > the phone and other servers. > On the phone side VOIP phones > The price range sort of limits me to: > * Aastra 9112i > * Snom 300 > * Polycom 320 > * Cisco CP-7906G (But I believe this won't handle SIP out of the box?) Mentioning costs, one might be tempted to mention "grandsteam", but for some people, those have a bad reputation, although i have two of thos phone for over two years without any problem.. OTOH, why not consider the Siemens A580-IP? Recently i bought a package, containing the DECT-base-station (direct IP-interface) and two handsets, (each 6 sip-entries), two handset-chargers for about 100 Euro's. Audio-quality is good. Don't think you can buy SIP-phones any cheaper... hw ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
Anyone know if the Cisco 7940 would work?Ronny -- Original message from "Mikel Lindsaar" : -- Hello list, I am doing some work for a non profit group.As part of this, I am going to be putting in a 30 handset Asterisk solution. We are trying to keep the costs down as much as possible, as this job includes cabling, I am looking at POE solutions. On the switch side, I am considering something like some Netgear ProSafe FS726TP 24 port switches, or maybe the equivalent Linksys SRW224MP 24 port switch. About 4 of these will run the phones and computers on the network connecting back to a gigabit switch handling the phone and other servers. On the phone side VOIP phonesThe price range sort of limits me to:* Aastra 9112i* Snom 300* Polycom 320* Cisco CP-7906G (But I believe this won't handle SIP out of the box?) Any good bad stories of the above?One thing I like about the Aastra is being able to go POE from a switch, to the Aastra, then out of the second port on the Aastra and into the PC. RegardsMikel ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
Linksys SPA900 Series IP phones are good and run on POE w/ the built in switch. The have both just make sure you get the ones w/ the switch inclusive. They have some cheap 1, 2, 4, 6 line phones. We have this setup w/ SRW2008MP (This is only 8 port, but have up to 48 port POE). This way you can stick w/ one vendor for your VOIP. Makes support much easier when integrating and you don’t get finger pointing. Only other phone I could really recommend is the PolyCom they seem to be decent. DO NOT get phone w/ the power brick. Steve Wofford www.uctrlit.com From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mikel Lindsaar Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 02:00 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones Hello list, I am doing some work for a non profit group. As part of this, I am going to be putting in a 30 handset Asterisk solution. We are trying to keep the costs down as much as possible, as this job includes cabling, I am looking at POE solutions. On the switch side, I am considering something like some Netgear ProSafe FS726TP 24 port switches, or maybe the equivalent Linksys SRW224MP 24 port switch. About 4 of these will run the phones and computers on the network connecting back to a gigabit switch handling the phone and other servers. On the phone side VOIP phones The price range sort of limits me to: * Aastra 9112i * Snom 300 * Polycom 320 * Cisco CP-7906G (But I believe this won't handle SIP out of the box?) Any good bad stories of the above? One thing I like about the Aastra is being able to go POE from a switch, to the Aastra, then out of the second port on the Aastra and into the PC. Regards Mikel ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones
Hello list, I am doing some work for a non profit group. As part of this, I am going to be putting in a 30 handset Asterisk solution. We are trying to keep the costs down as much as possible, as this job includes cabling, I am looking at POE solutions. On the switch side, I am considering something like some Netgear ProSafe FS726TP 24 port switches, or maybe the equivalent Linksys SRW224MP 24 port switch. About 4 of these will run the phones and computers on the network connecting back to a gigabit switch handling the phone and other servers. On the phone side VOIP phones The price range sort of limits me to: * Aastra 9112i * Snom 300 * Polycom 320 * Cisco CP-7906G (But I believe this won't handle SIP out of the box?) Any good bad stories of the above? One thing I like about the Aastra is being able to go POE from a switch, to the Aastra, then out of the second port on the Aastra and into the PC. Regards Mikel ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
