[Asterisk-Users] large analog to asterisk

[Andy Hamilton]

The cat 3 issue depends on your phone, if you went with VoIP phones,
you would need to make sure that it could be set/forced to 10Mbps. I
have only used Cisco phones, and, save the 7910 and 7902 (may a few
others), they all are fully capable of doing 100Mbps because of their
internal switch (you can colocate a comptuer with the phone); you'd
need to tell them to go 10.

Cisco hardware would also be a huge investment for the hotel, most
likely way more than what the average guest needs.

Also, just FYI, the 7971does... gigabit ethernet!! That's pretty sweet.

-Andy

PS - Is the currently installed wiring cat3?


On 4/16/05, Michael D Schelin <mike at shelcomm.com> wrote:
> Good point. Here is another Suggestion.  Why not use the existing analog
> phones to their PBX and go out to channel banks for their phone line
> trunks.  Then go to Asterisk for  the rest. They don't have 700 trunks.
> This will save on equipment costs and you will get some of the benefits
> of Asterisk.  It's not the best solution but it will work.  Also if you
> do want to replace all you system with new phones then try my idea of
> using the cat 3 cable. As far as the switches gos, remember it's not the
> cable the determines  the speed but the equipment connected to it.  I
> have yet to see a sip phone above 10 Mb.  So you can disregard Mr.
> Hamilton's statement about the switch.  Yes you investment will be high,
> but that is a business expense.  I'm currently doing that cat 3 trick.
> Don't worry about your customers connecting to your phone system. They
> won't know it's IP.
> 
> 
> John Novack wrote:
> 
> >
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