Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-22 Thread Norman W. Franke
On Mar 21, 2008, at 11:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting the impression that the telcos in the US are basically shafting you because of the monopoly they have. More intersted in keeping themselves happy than their customers. I think it's nice I have a choice of 5 major mobile

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-21 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Norman Franke wrote: On Mar 19, 2008, at 2:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mobile does not sound terrible, does not have echo, does not fade in or out, and the last time I used it to call the emergency services, I got through straight away. I've not had a dropped call

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-21 Thread John Faubion
are plenty of phones on the market which do SIP now - most modern Nokias do. I use an E90 Communicator, but the E95 is popular too, so I'm experimenting with using my mobile as my one phone, via Wi-Fi/SIP when I'm in the home/office and Out of curiosity, how do these phones handle the

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-21 Thread Darrick Hartman (lists)
John Faubion wrote: are plenty of phones on the market which do SIP now - most modern Nokias do. I use an E90 Communicator, but the E95 is popular too, so I'm experimenting with using my mobile as my one phone, via Wi-Fi/SIP when I'm in the home/office and Out of curiosity, how do

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-21 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, John Faubion wrote: are plenty of phones on the market which do SIP now - most modern Nokias do. I use an E90 Communicator, but the E95 is popular too, so I'm experimenting with using my mobile as my one phone, via Wi-Fi/SIP when I'm in the home/office and Out of

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-21 Thread Olivier
2008/3/21, Darrick Hartman (lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: John Faubion wrote: are plenty of phones on the market which do SIP now - most modern Nokias do. I use an E90 Communicator, but the E95 is popular too, so I'm experimenting with using my mobile as my one phone, via Wi-Fi/SIP when

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-21 Thread Ira
At 09:27 AM 3/21/2008, you wrote: If you're on call using SIP/WiFi, it's up to SIP server to dial a new call to your mobile number and blind transfert previous call to it. Maybe some dual band phones are able to automatically accept some incoming GSM calls, put them in 3-way conference (of some

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-20 Thread SIP
Gordon Henderson wrote: On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Norman Franke wrote: As for why a company would purchase hard phones, several reasons. First, we are replacing many hard phones with computers. We have a custom application and have been moving folks main numbers to use the computer. We can

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-19 Thread Steve Totaro
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:32 AM, John Faubion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when you look at the iPhone with all its amazing features for less than $500.00 it just doesn't make sense. Am I the only one that thinks this? Remember that the service providers such as ATT, Cingular, Sprint, Verizon

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-19 Thread Drew Gibson
Anciso, Roy wrote: I ’ m trying to understand something that just doesn’t seem to compute. How can companies like Cisco justify selling their hard phones for as much as they do? I know there is a matter of recouping RD costs but when you look at the iPhone with all its amazing features

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-19 Thread Anciso, Roy
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:07 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:32 AM, John Faubion [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-19 Thread Godwin Stewart
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:32:44 -0400, Anciso, Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I starting thinking about it, can anyone else see a time when desk phones are replaced by smart phones? Why would a company pay for work cell phone and desk phone when one device could potentially do it all?

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-19 Thread Norman Franke
On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand the maximizing pricing and branding aspect of phones but when you look at feature set it just doesn't make sense. And as far as purchasing the phone you can get it without a contract at the same price. When I starting

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-19 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Norman Franke wrote: As for why a company would purchase hard phones, several reasons. First, we are replacing many hard phones with computers. We have a custom application and have been moving folks main numbers to use the computer. We can make it ring externally and

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-19 Thread Norman Franke
On Mar 19, 2008, at 2:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mobile does not sound terrible, does not have echo, does not fade in or out, and the last time I used it to call the emergency services, I got through straight away. I've not had a dropped call for a long time either (going through

[asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-18 Thread Anciso, Roy
I'm trying to understand something that just doesn't seem to compute. How can companies like Cisco justify selling their hard phones for as much as they do? I know there is a matter of recouping RD costs but when you look at the iPhone with all its amazing features for less than $500.00 it just

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-18 Thread Michael Graves
--Original Message Text--- From: Anciso, Roy Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:03:52 -0400 Hardphone SIP phone costs Im trying to understand something that just doesnt seem to compute. How can companies like Cisco justify selling their hard phones for as much as they do? I know there is a matter

Re: [asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

2008-03-18 Thread John Faubion
when you look at the iPhone with all its amazing features for less than $500.00 it just doesn't make sense. Am I the only one that thinks this? Remember that the service providers such as ATT, Cingular, Sprint, Verizon and so forth, subsidize the cost of the phones because they make it up