[Asterisk-Users] Vtech/Vonage Wireless Phone system

[Scott Brown]

Hi:

BTW, note that unless you do some serious hacking, the fine print in their  
ad will certainly hold.  At the bottom of the page, it says:

* The VTech IP8100-2 requires Vonage service to operate and is not  
compatible with any other service.

Scott

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:12:49 -0600, Andre Normandin  
<anorman at superdata.com> wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> I just read all the literature on the Vtech website, and, I think you are
> exactly correct!
>
> Oh well, so much for cheap SIP wireless phones :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Rich
> Adamson
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:51 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Vtech/Vonage Wireless Phone system
>
>
>> I just stopped in at Best Buy here in CT, USA. I found an interesting
>> offering from Vtech there. It states it's a VOIP wireless phone system
> made
>> for the Vonage service.
>>
>> Here it is at their website:
>> http://www.vtechphones.com/vtechui/guide/dsp_voip_guide.cfm
>>
>> For $149, it comes with 2 (supposidly) VOIP 802.11b wireless phones,  
>> and a
>> 'broadband/Wireless' router.
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about these? Are they SIP phones? If so, I
> wonder
>> if it's possible to modify them for use with Asterisk?  Do they need  
>> their
>> 'base' to talk, or is that nothing more than an 802.11b wireless router?
>>
>> I'm thinking of picking up a kit just to see if I can get them to work
>> nativly with Asterisk, but if anyone has any experience with them  
>> before I
>> do, I'd appreciate it..
>
> I seen their ad in the paper this morning. It appeared the phones were
> the standard cordless (not 802.11b), and the base unit had pc wireless
> (802.11b) integrated with the linksys/sipura broadband stuff. You might
> want to check that out a little closer; but, fairly good return policy
> if the ads are a little misleading. ;)
>
>
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