[Asterisk-Users] Reccomendation for reliable handsets

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On February 14, 2005 09:23 am, Robert Webb wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:11:15 +0000
>
>   Bob Goddard <asterisk at bgcomp.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Monday 14 February 2005 13:00, Brett, Gary wrote:
> >> Thanks Mark
> >>
> >> I am definitely interested in the budgetone 102 but am a
> >>little concerned
> >> about the 10mbit only Ethernet ports !! From what I have
> >>read, these are
> >> relatively new models and I like the addition of a
> >>second port to daisy
> >> chain your PC from the same network connection, however
> >>why 10mbits and not
> >> 100mbits ??, I would have thought this would be a
> >>minimum these days, I
> >> don't know anyone who still runs 10mbits to the desktop,
> >>and im not too
> >> happy about bottlenecking my customers fast Ethernet
> >>network with these
> >> phones
> >>
> >> A real shame really. Does anybody know if Grandstream
> >>will be addressing
> >> this or indeed if they have any current models with at
> >>least 100mbit ports
> >
> > Please do not top post.
> >
> > I don't think there is a single IP phone which can flood
> >a 10Mbps port.
> > You do not need 100Mbps on a phone unless it has a
> >passthrough to a PC.
> >
> > Let's see, using a 64Kbps codec and being generous, will
> >use 100Kbps
> > on the wire. Assuming the 10Mbps port can reliably run
> >at 8Mbps, that
> > means the phone would have to have 8 * 1000 / 100 = 80
> >concurrent
> > RTP streams. Can anyone see anything wrong with my rough
> >calculations?
> >
> >
> > B
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mark Benson [mailto:mark.benson at iqit.co.uk]
> >> Sent: 03 February 2005 14:27
> >> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
> >>Discussion
> >> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Reccomendation for
> >>reliable handsets
> >>
> >> I have been using an IN1002 generic handset (supposed to
> >>be an unbranded
> >> cisco copy but I am skeptical) for a few months
> >>(6months+) now, and it
> >> seems pretty stable - however I haven't found a reliable
> >>supplier Also
> >> there is almost no support for them..
> >>
> >> I have switched to the grandstream budgetone 102 and
> >>they seem pretty
> >> good too. You can pretty much plug in and forget it with
> >>both phones.
> >> They do lock up occasionally (once a month to once every
> >>3 months). I
> >> have yet to upgrade the firmware on the grandstreams...
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> Brett, Gary wrote:
> >> >Sorry to move this up the list again, but does anybody
> >>
> >>have any advice on
> >>
> >> >this
> >> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Brett, Gary [mailto:gary.brett at cetelem.co.uk]
> >> >Sent: 02 February 2005 10:49
> >> >To: 'asterisk-users at lists.digium.com'
> >> >Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Reccomendation for reliable
> >>
> >>handsets
> >>
> >> >Hi there
> >> >
> >> >I'm sure this question has been raised a number of
> >>
> >>times before, but
> >>
> >> >unfortunately I do not have direct access to the
> >>
> >>archives
> >>
> >> >I am about to roll out Asterisk to a few companies and
> >>
> >>would like to hear
> >>
> >> >your experiences about the various handsets/phones that
> >>
> >>are Asterisk
> >>
> >> >compatible
> >> >
> >> >I am primarily looking for 2 options, the first being a
> >>
> >>cheaper model
> >>
> >> > which will provide reliability whilst still
> >>
> >>maintaining a reasonable
> >>
> >> > feature set, and a reliable model from the more
> >>
> >>expensive range with more
> >>
> >> > features
> >> >
> >> >But the definite focus here is on reliability and ease
> >>
> >>of maintenance
> >>
> >> >Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated; I
> >>
> >>would really like to
> >>
> >> hear
> >>
> >> >your experiences/recommendations
> >> >
> >> >Cheers
> >> >Gary
>
> And middle posting is almost as bad. :-)
>
> But.. To the point...
>
> If you would have read what you were replying to, you
> would have noticed they did mention why weren't they
> 100Mbits connections on the 102 models for daisy chaining
> to a PC.
>
> Robert
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Yes but failing to trim is even worse.  :-)

-A.