On 3/13/06, Kerry Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You really aren't going to find an analog phone that works as well as a SIP > phone for what you are trying to do. Some people suggested the GXP2000 for > $85 which works ok in a home environment. It is not a top quality phone but > it has all the features you want plus works very nicely with Asterisk. > > This same conversation is constantly going on on numerous forums. If you > think about what you are trying to accomplish, it might put things into > perspective. You are taking a state-of-the-art phone system flush with every > business feature you may ever want and trying to install it into your home > and you want to use a cheap phone on it. Things are just not designed that > way. If you want to be happy with your system, not to mention putting some > value on your time (and heaven help you if you have a wife that will use the > system) you do NOT want to use a cheap phone on this system. At a minimum go > with a Linksys SPA941 or a Snom 360. You will have either one working in a > matter of minutes. If you don't put any value on your time, then keep > monkeying around with a lesser solution, but the few hours you will save > just dropping in a decent phone should more than make up for the extra cost.
I already have it up and running and it works fine. My wife (and mother-in-law) both like the system, and would probably be satisfied with the crappy $5 non-CID phone that they are using now. But I want something better. The problem that I have with the SIP phones is that I (or the babysitter) need(s) to be able to call 911 even if the power is out, and my network and asterisk box are down. The SPA3000 (and apparently a bunch of better cheaper solutions) addresses that problem. Now I just need an analog phone with better features (and no external power supply). Dave _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
