2012/2/8, Vieri <[email protected]>: > I'm trying to understand why vendors keep making 100Mbps integrated 1-port > switches in their hardware SIP phones. Even the recently-announced D40 and > D50 Digium phones are limited to 100Mbps. Only the more expensive models > (like the D70) can run at 1000Mbps. > However, you can't expect a firm with hundreds of extensions to buy the most > expensive model... > And gigabit speed is important when "sharing" the network with a PC (because > PC apps may "require" gigabit speed). > > The day will come when medium or low-budget hardphones will have integrated > gigabit switches. But is it THAT expensive to put in 2 gigabit ports in a > hardphone nowadays? Or is it just marketing?
I fully agree with your remarks and questions. It seems to me that low-end phones are still designed today to compete on price with analog phones as if a large share of decision makers wouldn't pay a premium to benefit from VoIP features. If people markets these low-end phones this way, I'm sure they must have a reason for that but that doesn't change the fact that I'm still a bit surprised this remains the norm these days. > > How much would it take for Digium to sell their D40 phones with gigabit > ports? > > 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 > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
