[Asterisk-Users] Are there any digital phones that run on asterisk yet?

[John Harragin]

>Asterisk can work with ADSI phones,

What I have in mind is a pci card with zap-like-driver that supports digital 
phones. This eliminates (is compairable to using channel bank) additional 
delay and a primary echo source when both haves of a conversation are carried 
on the same pair as found with fxs ports. There are many reasons why this is 
superior to the channel bank/analog phone route especially when VoIP comes 
into the picture. This is also superior to an office filled with IP phones 
and a centralized asterisk switch - although there are times where it is 
clearly advantageous to use an IP phone, such as distant office phones or if 
all of your calls are destine to IP. But if you are connecting to a telco, 
calls that avoid IP are always going to be superior and more reliable (with 
the current state of things).

Anyway, there are many pci/digital phone key system or pbx manufacturers. At 
some point they will see the inevitability and potential of the Asterisk 
market and modify zap or make drivers for their equipment. This is a problem 
for independent developers because if you began to make this type of 
equipment, you have to potential of instant heavy competition. Maybe it would 
be a good open hardware project like zappata. Anyway, if you think asterisk 
is growing fast now, just wait till this happens...

Anyway, I need hundreds of these phones. I am using Asterisk as a bridge to 
several aging PBXs and am expecting to one day run all of my wired phones 
native in Asterisk.

John