[asterisk-users] SIP hardware phones

[Carlos Alvarez]

If the customer is so cheap that they won't properly build out the network,
why would they have gigabit switches to the desktop which have a limited
set of applications that actually benefit from it?

Then there's PoE, which is expensive to start and very expensive with
gigabit.  So this mythical customer is too cheap to cable, but will buy a
gigabit switch of dubious value, will they buy a PoE gigabit switch?  If
not, why not buy a value-priced PoE 100m switch which has a clear benefit
instead of a low-end GB switch of dubious value?

I just don't see the fit, and I'm guessing the vendors don't either.  What
is the exact network topology (brands/models) and applications that justify
GB to the desktop, don't justify additional cabling, and how do you account
for PoE in this environment?

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Vieri <rentorbuy at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> --- On Wed, 2/8/12, Jason W. Parks <jason.w.parks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  From everything I've researched to
> > date, my understanding is most
> > locations have chosen to double their port density and
> > continue to
> > service the phone and computer on separate ports than to
> > share a single
> > line for both computer and phone. Reason primarily mentioned
> > being
> > troubleshooting concerns. If this is the case, the second
> > port is not
> > required, and become nothing but another gimmick to sell to
> > you.
> >
> > Is this everyone else's experience as well?
>
> Well, at some locations, for technical and mostly political reasons,
> doubling port density so that the computer connects to a separate port is
> too costly, way over what a 60$ hardphone can cost (eg. Grandstream
> GXP285). I'd be glad to pay just "a tad more" for hundreds of "basic"
> hardphones, just as long as they can do gigabit.
>
> Vieri
>
> --
> _____________________________________________________________________
> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:
>               http://www.asterisk.org/hello
>
> asterisk-users mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>



-- 
Carlos Alvarez
TelEvolve
602-889-3003
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20120208/7c5d4dc3/attachment.htm>