[asterisk-users] Gigabit SIP Phones

[Vamsi Pottangi]

>>>       Also, are there any IP phones that run apps other than telephony,
like
>>> video, which could use more than 100Mb, even if just while switching
>>> streams?

Video of 100Mb/s? ;-) HDTV doesn't consume more than 20Mb/s, Gige is an
overkill for IP Phone. Though it is used for switching, I assume it is a 1
in 100 use.

Thanks,
~Vamsi

On 6/13/07, Matthew Rubenstein <email at mattruby.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 16:44 -0700,
> asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:56:34 -0500
> > From: Darrick Hartman <dhartman at djhsolutions.com>
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Gigabit SIP Phones
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> >         <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > Message-ID: <466F24A2.80307 at djhsolutions.com>
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> >
> > Andrew Latham wrote:
> > > Oliver
> > >
> > > The thing you missed about Gigabit enabled SIP hardphones is the
> > > demand for them.
> >
> > Not true.  I can think of several places where I have or would like
> > to
> > install phones where the end users currently have Gigabit ethernet
> > feeds
> > to workstations.  Specifically if you are using a high-overhead
> > system
> > like Quickbooks Point of Sale and need a phone at the same location,
> > the
> > end users will notice a significant performance hit by dropping them
> > down to 100Mbit.
> >
> > It's not so much that the phone needs Gig, it's that the pass thru
> > connection needs gig.
>
>        And if you've got GigE installed, not 10/100Mb, and your LAN
> doesn't
> have a switch that can handle a phone's lower bitrate without bringing
> down the whole LAN's rate.
>
>        Also, are there any IP phones that run apps other than telephony,
> like
> video, which could use more than 100Mb, even if just while switching
> streams?
>
>
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > On 6/12/07, Olivier <oza-4h07 at myamail.com> wrote:
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> Beside Cisco 79x1-GE, I'm not aware of any Gigabit SIP Phone.
> > >> Did I miss something ?
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >>
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