[asterisk-users] IAX2 hardware video phone

[Gordon Henderson]

On Sat, 31 May 2008, Joseph wrote:

> On 06/01/08 10:13, Rob Hillis wrote:
>>> The only option I have seen is Grandstream GXV3000; it works with Asterisk but it is SIP phone.
>>> So to traverse the firewall using "IAX2" I need to connect it to an internal asterisk box or make a "Swiss cheese"
>>> out of a firewall.
>>>
>>
>> It's the only one I'm aware of too, and having been bitten badly by the
>> Grandstream's superior ability to crash, hang, stuff up phone calls and
>> otherwise behave badly, the only recommendation I ever have for them is
>> to NOT use them.  Whilst I haven't used a GXV3000 for long enough to
>> know how much the Grandstream instability applies to this phone, I've
>> had more than enough experience with GXP-2000s and BT200s.
>
> Thanks for the input.
> I've read some reviews and from what I've read the Video is OK but the voice quality is not impressive.
> Is anybody using this model and can provide real life experience with GXV3000 model?

I've not used the GXV3000 yet - but they are almost cheap enough in the UK 
for me to get a pair to "play"...

But I have installed several sites worth of GXP2000 and BT200 phones (and 
a few other minor Grandstream products) I quite like them - but they have 
had a bit of a bad rap in the past, and I think probably rightly so - 
early hardware was of questionable quality, and early software was 
similar. Audio quality is not the best, but it's more than adequate. One 
thing I've "learned" is to not put new software on very old hardware, but 
the newer hardware platforms have been solid for me - saying that, they're 
only in "modest" installations of between 20-40 phones on a site with 
"average" reception use on a GXP2000, and right now, I can't find a phone 
with the same feature level for the cost - I also find it hard where I 
live & work (rural england!) to persuade companies to spend more on better 
quality phones too, so that's another factor for me...

(So if you're in the UK and have a lot of Grandstream phones you're 
throwing out, I'll take them off your hands ;-)

Gordon