[Asterisk-Users] Would DECT cordless phones work with Asterisk and VOIP?

Richard Malcolm-Smith rich at ihug.co.nz
Tue Nov 29 20:35:09 MST 2005


Larry Alkoff wrote:
> I've just heard about DECT which is used for about 50 million phones in 
> Europe and is just starting to appear in the US.
> 
> DECT stands for Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telephone
> and supposedly has much greater range than other cordless telephony.
> Additionally, you can purchase repeaters that will greatly range.
> 
> Since reading about poor audio quality and echo issues caused by 
> repeated conversions as the signal traverses the path from the (possibly 
> POTS analogue) station, over tcp/ip and to destination,
> would DECT (another digital form) agravate this?
> 
> In my house, a Uniden 5.8 and Panasonic 2.4 cordless system would only 
> work over about 35 feet indoors - not enough for a large house.
> 
> Does anyone have any hands-on experience with DECT?

I am so keen on getting the Kirk telecomms 600 system to hook to asterisk, 
anyone know where to get one from that will ship to New Zealand?
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