[Asterisk-biz] Tried researching but found nothing

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Nick Bachmann wrote:

> >That's a bad approach. Zhone channelbank (8FXO 16FXS) is ~300$ or less,
> Where can you find them for that price?
ebay has lots at 100$ apiece. Search for 'channel bank'. 

Sellers on ebay have loads (hundreds) to sell at <200$

> >Talkswitch uses ADSI phones, same kind as you can use with Asterisk. They
> >are significantly cheaper (50$ refurb, 100$ new) than any decent IP phone.
> >
> And, of course, have significantly less features.
Same features as Talkswitch, actually, if you spend time writing ADSI
scripts. As far as feature comparison with IP phones - I wouldn't be so 
sure to say ADSI has less features. ADSI SDC compares favorably to the XML 
junk you deal with on IP phones. They are *different*. IP phones put logic 
into phone (such as conferencing, multiple lines, etc). ADSI relies on the 
server doing mixing/"virtual lines".

My personal longstanding opinion is that putting full IP stack and control
into the phone was the worst idea ever. Phone must be a cheap device that 
takes command from the "server". Server should control *everything* on the 
phone - softkeys, blinkenlighten, conferencing, etc etc. 

Cost of IP phone is the biggest factor against adoption. ADSI phones on 
other hand are something of 'ugly duckling' - nobody really knows or hears 
about them or their features.


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