[Asterisk-Users] IP hard phone devices (grandstream)

[John Congdon]

Hi all,

I am new to the list and have been watching this thread.
I have installed asterisk and have been testing it with
a normal analog phone.

We are moving in a month and at that time I will employ
asterisk as our PBX which means I need to buy all new
phones.

I have a power touch 390 on it's way to test the ASDI
features.

1) My question is, what phones are recommended.  Advantages
vs disadvantages.  I like the Idea of an IP phone, but they
are expensive.

2) Also, is anyone currently using asterisk
in a call center type of environment?  I want to be able
to pass a call to a phone AND some information (possibly
a URL) to that persons computer.

Thank you all for doing such a GREAT job!!!

John


On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 04:09  AM, Matteo Brancaleoni wrote:

> Running IAX (or better IAX2) on a such phone it a great idea!
>
> Seriously, I think that we need a cheap SIP phone solution
> fully working with asterisk.
> That because in small offices could cut the costs, that's
> the main "idea" in little firms. And if costs are cut,
> there's more economical space for advanced feature asterisk
> could give.
> I mean, If I pay X for phones and X for enabling & configuring
> advanced services, I have 2X costs. But if for phone I have
> only 1/2X , I could have a 3/2X pbx that does all.
>
> After that, running iax should be wonderful... no more
> firewall & nat problems...
>
> Il mar, 2003-04-08 alle 03:54, Mark Spencer ha scritto:
>>> I wonder how it will be before we see some devices such as the snom's
>>> with the "additition" protocol (IAX) available.
>>>
>>> best of both type worlds......
>>
>> Grandstream has expressed some willingness, possibly even "interest" 
>> in
>> making the phone run IAX.  The things that will make that the most
>> possible will be:
>>
>> * IAX protocol specification
>> * Updated libiax
>> * Customer demand
>>
>> Mark
>>
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