[Asterisk-Users] Reccomendation for reliable handsets

[Robert Webb]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:11:15 +0000
  Bob Goddard <asterisk at bgcomp.co.uk> wrote:
> On Monday 14 February 2005 13:00, Brett, Gary wrote:
>> Thanks Mark
>>
>> I am definitely interested in the budgetone 102 but am a 
>>little concerned
>> about the 10mbit only Ethernet ports !! From what I have 
>>read, these are
>> relatively new models and I like the addition of a 
>>second port to daisy
>> chain your PC from the same network connection, however 
>>why 10mbits and not
>> 100mbits ??, I would have thought this would be a 
>>minimum these days, I
>> don't know anyone who still runs 10mbits to the desktop, 
>>and im not too
>> happy about bottlenecking my customers fast Ethernet 
>>network with these
>> phones
>>
>> A real shame really. Does anybody know if Grandstream 
>>will be addressing
>> this or indeed if they have any current models with at 
>>least 100mbit ports
> 
> Please do not top post.
> 
> I don't think there is a single IP phone which can flood 
>a 10Mbps port.
> You do not need 100Mbps on a phone unless it has a 
>passthrough to a PC.
> 
> Let's see, using a 64Kbps codec and being generous, will 
>use 100Kbps
> on the wire. Assuming the 10Mbps port can reliably run 
>at 8Mbps, that
> means the phone would have to have 8 * 1000 / 100 = 80 
>concurrent
> RTP streams. Can anyone see anything wrong with my rough 
>calculations?
> 
> 
> B
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Benson [mailto:mark.benson at iqit.co.uk]
>> Sent: 03 February 2005 14:27
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial 
>>Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Reccomendation for 
>>reliable handsets
>>
>> I have been using an IN1002 generic handset (supposed to 
>>be an unbranded
>> cisco copy but I am skeptical) for a few months 
>>(6months+) now, and it
>> seems pretty stable - however I haven't found a reliable 
>>supplier Also
>> there is almost no support for them..
>>
>> I have switched to the grandstream budgetone 102 and 
>>they seem pretty
>> good too. You can pretty much plug in and forget it with 
>>both phones.
>> They do lock up occasionally (once a month to once every 
>>3 months). I
>> have yet to upgrade the firmware on the grandstreams...
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Brett, Gary wrote:
>> >Sorry to move this up the list again, but does anybody 
>>have any advice on
>> >this
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Brett, Gary [mailto:gary.brett at cetelem.co.uk]
>> >Sent: 02 February 2005 10:49
>> >To: 'asterisk-users at lists.digium.com'
>> >Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Reccomendation for reliable 
>>handsets
>> >
>> >Hi there
>> >
>> >I'm sure this question has been raised a number of 
>>times before, but
>> >unfortunately I do not have direct access to the 
>>archives
>> >
>> >I am about to roll out Asterisk to a few companies and 
>>would like to hear
>> >your experiences about the various handsets/phones that 
>>are Asterisk
>> >compatible
>> >
>> >I am primarily looking for 2 options, the first being a 
>>cheaper model
>> > which will provide reliability whilst still 
>>maintaining a reasonable
>> > feature set, and a reliable model from the more 
>>expensive range with more
>> > features
>> >
>> >But the definite focus here is on reliability and ease 
>>of maintenance
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated; I 
>>would really like to
>>
>> hear
>>
>> >your experiences/recommendations
>> >
>> >Cheers
>> >Gary

And middle posting is almost as bad. :-)

But.. To the point...

If you would have read what you were replying to, you 
would have noticed they did mention why weren't they 
100Mbits connections on the 102 models for daisy chaining 
to a PC.

Robert