After my inquiry on-list I contacted a couple of Zultys resellers as well as Zultys tech support themselves. What I found about the 4x5 is as follows:
1. The phone is not yet in widespread distribution. While they may be taking orders and have a few select beta sites, they are not in general delivery. Tech support thought more general delivery was only a few weeks away. 2. The LCD is not backlit. This was one of my criteria for an idea phone. Manufacturers listen up! This is not an option...it's a necessity...especially in phones over $300. 3. At present the PSTN port functions as an analog phone with limited integration to the IP side of the phone. You can make a local call or conference between an IP call and a PSTN call, but that' s about it. This is a firmware issue and reflects the early development of the product. It's really just a local lifeline capability at the moment. 4. Eventually, perhaps in 90-120 days, they expect a firware release that will more tightly integrate the FXO port into the IP side of the phone. That will make incomming calls to the PSTN port the equivalent of a SIP event on a gateway. This will allow unanswered calls to be forwarded to a pbx for routing to voicemail, call forwarding, etc. 5. They are testing beta sites using the Zultys MX series PBXs and have not used the phone with *. I really like the idea of the PSTN port in the phone when it's better integrated. Unless something better comes along in the next 3 months I may end up just waiting until the ZIP 4x5 matures as a product. Michael Graves On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 13:30:06 -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: >On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 12:13, Harold Workman wrote: >--snip-- >> Im looking at purchasing some of these phones as well...But with how poor >> their sales team have been so far, im beginning to wonder. I emailed them >> on Monday for info along with a reseller in my region, and have called their >> sales team numerous times only to be told that 1 person handles my region >> and for some reason he never answers the phone or returns calls. Its been >> 4 days that ive been trying to buy some of their phones, with no luck. Id >> purchase them online, but not at their list price when their resellers give >> 10% discounts. > >I'm surprised to hear that. We've never had any real problems with any >of the folks at Zultys, including sales. If you're just interested in >picking up some phones in quantity, we are a Zultys certified VAR. We >generally don't handle individual orders but if you need quantity we >could probably work something out. We're not in the Houston area but we >can always ship out there. See my signature if you're interested in >discussing it further. > >-- >Alex Malinovich >Golden Technologies, Inc. >(219) 462-7200 x 216 >http://www.golden-tech.com > -- Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Product Specialist www.pixelpower.com Pixel Power Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] o713-861-4005 o800-905-6412 c713-201-1262 "One day in your life shouldn't be a problem" - 54-40 from One Day ** Tag(s) inserted by Bandit Tagger98 - http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c918704 _______________________________________________ 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
