Hi Paul, At the Ottawa Asterisk Users Group recently we heard about Aastra phones. I haven't used them but reports were fairly positive from some folks. I think Aastra is a Canadian company so as a Canadian resident you'll want to support them :-) http://www.aastra.com/
There's another list (asterisk-biz ??) that has subscribers from various suppliers around Ontario and GTA - people there could give you prices and model names etc. cheers, ps: I watch UK TV and movies now and then so I think I understand what "cop a fag" means but it still sounds strange :) Paul Nash wrote: > I need a bunch (about 12) of handsets for an office installation. I don't > want to pay huge amounts of money, but I also don't want to buy junk. I'm > a newcomer to Toronto (to Canada, in fact), so I don't know who to talk to > for equipment. > > I'm after SIP or IAX over 100Mbps ether, with dial RJ-45 interfaces; one- > or two-line display (more would be nice, but not essential) that I can get > to from Asterisk somehome (they're in a shared environment, so I want to > display both caller- and callee-ID info). > > The Boss [tm] and The Front Desk [tm] both want big displays, lots of > lights and buttons, stuff to make them feel important :-). > > Finally, The Boss would like a wireless handset that anyone who wants to > cop a fag can take outside with them. Either voip->wireless or > 802.11->voip. > > Any recommendations? Anything to avoid at all costs? Any suppliers with > decent prices? Any VoIP shoppes in Toronto that The Boss can visit with > his friend Mr Amex to pick out the right phone for himself? > > I'm *also* looking for a decent 1U rachmount box to drive all of this. I'm > currently leaning towards Dell (yetch), as they make it not-too-difficult > to find out specs and price, and to actually buy. Any recommendations > about suppliers who want to sell, rather than asking for *me* to (a) give > them all my details, including the last 3 blood tests, (b) spec the machine > down to component level, and (c) still not give a price? Oh, and who have > decent hardware, with support for hot-swap SATA drives, power supplies, etc > :-). > > Any advice most gratefully appreciated by a newcomer to this fair city. > > paul -- Graham Todd - bellanet.org 613.236.6163 #2443
