Just found on nwfusion.com: 3Com plans to announce the 3102 Business Phone, a SIP-based handset that works with the vendor's VCX IP PBX, technology borrowed from 3Com's now-defunct carrier softswitch business.
The phone is also compatible with 3Com's small- and midsize-site NBX IP PBX. The phones support a G.723 wideband audio codec, which 3Com says provides clearer voice than previous 3Com IP phones. The phone is expected to be available March 19 for $310. Maybe they'll have the SIP NBX images out. It seems like you can buy the phones for $35-60 Tim On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 01:28:52PM -0700, Derek Bruce wrote: > The 3com NBX phones use a protocol called H3, developed by graduate students > at MIT. The protocol has no documentation at all (except by a very P.O.ed > guy in Australia. 3com can by the protocol when they aquired NBX corp in > 1999. (NBX corp was the company formed by MIT to market the system). > > So.... > Short answer... NO, the NBX phones can not be used by Asterisk or any other > system... > Long answer... There is supposed to be a beta SIP firmware for the NBX > phones, derived from the 3com SIP phones (which were apparently very similar > hardware). 3com disavowes any knowledge of this firmware, and their SIP > phone have been discontinued. There are people on this list that have used > said firmware, but they have not indicated a lot of success. 3com has > recently (weell, over a year ago.. but that's recent in terms of 3com > development) announced a system called the VBX (which is supposed to support > SIP) and SIP support for the NBX, which means that there may be a sip image > available eventually for the NBX phones. If you are looking at buying the > phones to use with Asterisk, you would be better off buying another vendors > product. If you already have an NBX... the landscape is going to be changing > soon (we hope). > > BTW, the NBX was supposed to be, 4 years ago, what Asterisk is today... Open > Source, expandable and extensible. We did our research and asked our > questions and purchased the system. spent $14000 Canadian. It still sells > for about the same price. We even joined their Solutions Provider Program... > what we got was a system that will do what we want... but will cost us > another $10000 CDN. > > So... cheers to Mark for starting, and continuing, a system that is all, and > much more, that the NBX wanted to, be but couldn't... > > My appologies to all who feel this is off topic... > > Derek Bruce > Calgary Telecom > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Sailer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Asterisk Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:38 PM > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] 3com NBX phones > > > > Does anyone know if the 3Com NBX 2102 series phones with with * ? There > > are a crapload (a very precise measurement) on eBay, but I can't figure > > out what protocols they talk. > > > > Tim > > > > -- > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > >> Tim Sailer >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << > > >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 726 << > > >> http://www.buoy.com >< Moriches, NY 11955 << > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (631) 399-2910 (888) 924-3728 << > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> Tim Sailer >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 726 << >> http://www.buoy.com >< Moriches, NY 11955 << >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (631) 399-2910 (888) 924-3728 << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
