[Asterisk-Users] advantages of a sip phone over Wildcard TDM400P solution

[Gary]

How about some pointers tosome of this DECT equipment you are using
with Asterisk ??

On Sat, 24 May 2003 17:14:49 +0200, Andy Powell wrote:

>
>>Hi,
>>after finally getting my testsystem to work well I'm planning to buy
>>some hardware. Now I was wondering what the advantages / disadvantages
>>of using a Wildcard TDM400P solution over using real sip phones like the
>
>SIP phones are expensive, analog phones are not. You can in fact get yourself
>wireless VOIP if you use DECT phones (are you in Europe?)  which is what I
>do.. when using a TDM400P card. Analog phones tend bo be a little more comfortable
>to use, even the cheapest analog phone feels better than your average SIP phone.
>
>
>>snoms is? The only thing I came up with is that the Snoms can use a LDAP
>>adressbook on the server. 
>
>
>Sorry, but Snom have REMOVED this feature! They haven't taken the time 
>to update any of their sales literature either. I purchased my Snoms because
>they said that they could use LDAP. IT IS NO LONGER TRUE!!!
>
>
>>What about calling a sip adress like
>>person at server.com. Can this be done by dialing the adress on the sip
>>phone or do I still have to add the adress to the extentions.conf  and
>>then dial the corresponding number on the snom? Is there a way to dail
>>sip adresses when using a TDM400P?
>
>
>dialing any sort of SIP address on either a Snom or analog phone is 
>a PITA!  What I tend to do is set up extensions in extensions.conf
>so I can short dial people I regularly call for example:
>
>exten => 4002,1,Dial,SIP/keith at sip.address.com
>
>I just dial 4002 to ring Keith. Many analog phones have address books
>too, which means you could use them if you can't remember the numbers.
>
>Before I started using asterisk I just used the snom internal web page to dial.
>
>>If you have any hints on what hardware to buy or what to watch out for
>>please let me know! Thanks in advance!
>
>It really depends where you live, can you give us a region? For instant
>wireless VOIP use DECT - I use DECT and love it. 
>
>TBH, SIP phones are expensive, if you are just starting out a TDM400P
>with a couple of ports and some analog phones would be a cheaper option.
>or get the DEV KIT Lite, (X100P and TDM10B (you can buy extra ports for
>the TDM at the same time and save a little) card) which will allow you to make
>both VoIP calls and standard pstn calls...
>
>My advice at the moment is unless you can find a cheap SIP phone get a TDM
>card and analog phone.. I've searched around and the most expensive analog corded 
>phone I can find is about 30GBP compared to a price of about 140GBP for a Snom 100.
>A twin DECT system (2 phones and 1 base station) can be had for less that the price
>of a single Snom 100... 
>
>If you get the feeling that I'm starting to rant, it's because I am, I'll stop now...
>
>
>HTH
>
>Andy
>
>
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