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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Why would one ever use non-sip phones?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IAX is not anywhere near
as widely supported as SIP and is harder to scale (due to all of the load balancer
products being geared towards SIP).&nbsp; Just being stuck with asterisk seems to be
a good reason not to use IAX as it makes it harder to swap out asterisk for
some of the bigger bulkier switches as needs grow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Is there some material benefit here/ obvious advantage of using
IAX to phones that I am not thinking of?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>John van Oppen<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Spectrum Networks LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>206.973.8302 (Direct)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>206.973.8300 (main office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael S.
White<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 12, 2008 10:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [asterisk-biz] IAX phones<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>We are looking for these inside the USA - Anyone?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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