2012/2/8, Carlos Alvarez <car...@televolve.com>: > If the customer is so cheap that they won't properly build out the network, > why would they have gigabit switches to the desktop which have a limited > set of applications that actually benefit from it? > > Then there's PoE, which is expensive to start and very expensive with > gigabit. So this mythical customer is too cheap to cable, but will buy a > gigabit switch of dubious value, will they buy a PoE gigabit switch? If > not, why not buy a value-priced PoE 100m switch which has a clear benefit > instead of a low-end GB switch of dubious value? > > I just don't see the fit, and I'm guessing the vendors don't either.
I disagree here : what if you're changing your telephony system this year and you'll upgrade your network next year ? Would you buy high end phones for everybody, just for that ? Needing Gigabit to the desktop doesn't imply you a SIP phone with a large or color screen. I also visited locations like University campus in which a Cat5 is a scarce resource. Having low end Gigabit phones allow a more modular procurement, if I may call it this way, and is a useful mean to protect investments. What > is the exact network topology (brands/models) and applications that justify > GB to the desktop, don't justify additional cabling, and how do you account > for PoE in this environment? > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Vieri <rentor...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> --- On Wed, 2/8/12, Jason W. Parks <jason.w.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > 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? >> >> Well, at some locations, for technical and mostly political reasons, >> doubling port density so that the computer connects to a separate port is >> too costly, way over what a 60$ hardphone can cost (eg. Grandstream >> GXP285). I'd be glad to pay just "a tad more" for hundreds of "basic" >> hardphones, just as long as they can do gigabit. >> >> Vieri >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > > > -- > Carlos Alvarez > TelEvolve > 602-889-3003 > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users