[Asterisk-Users] Are there any digital phones that run on asterisk yet?

[Peter Svensson]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, John Harragin wrote:

> What I have in mind is a pci card with zap-like-driver that supports digital 
> phones. This eliminates (is compairable to using channel bank) additional 
> delay and a primary echo source when both haves of a conversation are carried 
> on the same pair as found with fxs ports. There are many reasons why this is 
> superior to the channel bank/analog phone route especially when VoIP comes 
> into the picture. This is also superior to an office filled with IP phones 
> and a centralized asterisk switch - although there are times where it is 
> clearly advantageous to use an IP phone, such as distant office phones or if 
> all of your calls are destine to IP. But if you are connecting to a telco, 
> calls that avoid IP are always going to be superior and more reliable (with 
> the current state of things).

This is an interesting idea. Voip does cause a delay that necessitates the
use of an echo canceler. Another advantage is that most proprietary
digital phones have a lot more programmable buttons/leds/whatnot than
current voip phones.

One problem I see is that there are several different poprietary digital
phone interfaces.

Peter