We've used a number of the polycom 301 and 501 phones in our office. We have also deployed a dozen of the Linksys SPA-1001 single-line FXS adapters using G726, SIP, NAT and STUN. They are extremely reliable and easy to deploy - $60-$70 US each.
We tested a number of IAX hard phones and didn't find anything that was reliable and/or suitable for our corporate setting. We really wanted to run IAX for remote users, but eventually decided that SIP/STUN was easier to support. We also tested the IAXy device and found that it's inability to use DNS resolution, only be configured on Linux, and only run ulaw/alaw made and that it cost more then the SPA-1001, which can use DNS, G726/G729 and has web-based configuration for less money the more attractive option. We also tested the IAX hard phone made by AT-COM only to find that a number of features such as call transfer do not work. For home/remote users: setup STUN, and use a SPA-1001. For a corporate setting I highly recommend the Polycom phones. Cheers, Cullin J. Wible Co-Founder & CTO Email Data Source, Inc. 212-514-8900 x1006 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Crompton Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 11:49 PM To: Iain Barker Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] best hardphone for Asterisk? Iain, Thanks for the repsonse but you are kidding me right? From what I can see if I bought this phone and two remotes my outlay would be close to $800 US. This is NOT a home device unless you have nothing better to do with your money! You can buy a lot of single line wireless phones and FXS devices for that amount! Doug On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Iain Barker wrote: > Doug, > > What you are describing sounds like the Aastra 480-CT, a base > Ethernet/SIP screenphone supporting multiple wireless handsets [but as > this is a non-commercial list I won't go into more detail here, google > for the above model number if you're interested in more info.] > > - Iain > > --- > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:08:48 -0400 (EDT) > From: Doug Crompton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] best hardphone for Asterisk? > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > Still awfully pricey for home use and the styling is not there for a > bedroom or many other areas of a modern home. What we need is a > wireless sip phone modeled like the panasonic or uniden which allow > multiple extension off of one base. The base would connect to the > internet. The other problem is many of these phones require power, so > even if you have backup for your central system the phone still needs > to be on it. Power over ethernet would help. > > Doug > "Those that sacrifice essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin (1759) **************************** * Doug Crompton * * Richboro, PA 18954 * * 215-431-6307 * * * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * http://www.crompton.com * **************************** _______________________________________________ --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 _______________________________________________ --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
