[Asterisk-Users] New $89 VOIP phone

[Steve Szmidt]

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On Tuesday 17 August 2004 01:13 pm, Kanuri, Seshu wrote:
> I dont agree with this view of yours below about the usefulness of ethernet
> ports.
>
> > but they're 10mbit, so they're essentially useless,
> > unless you plug in a printer or something slow
>
> All that you need is 64Kbps at the highest on these ports to
> establish a Voice call. Even if you are running a Video Phone,
> all you need may be 512Kbps at 32Fips.
>
> Why do you need any thing that is capable of a larger bandwidth?

Maybe there are more than one phone... Maybe running other things on the 
LAN...

> Seshu Kanuri
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Jay Milk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:49 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] New $89 VOIP phone
>
>
> I have the same phone sitting here... Not worth $89, IMHO.  If does have
> two eth ports, but they're 10mbit, so they're essentially useless,
> unless you plug in a printer or something slow.  Only one call
> appearance, and (with my software) the caller-name didn't work, only
> calling number.  Lastly, the included power-supply wasn't UL listed,
> which would preclude its use in an office environment (OSHA and friends
> come to mind)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steven Critchfield [mailto:critch at basesys.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:18 AM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] New $89 VOIP phone
> >
> > On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 10:41, Vlok Stone wrote:
> > > Only 1 eth port though. The hassle of a full cable run sux
> >
> > sometimes.I
> >
> > > don't get making a new phone w/out 2 ports. Makes sense to
> >
> > wait for a
> >
> > > more thoughtful design. Although the lcd looks OK. Pluses
> >
> > and minuses.
> >
> > > My next phone i want 2 eth, 2 call appearances, and the
> >
> > holy grail IAX
> >
> > > ( no more nat issues thank you). My 2 cents on phones.
>
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Steve

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