[Asterisk-Users] SoftPhones: Bad, or just bad QoS?

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 05:19:05AM -0400, Tom Rymes wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> > > as well as the software, while the Polycoms can be
> > > centrally managed via TFTP/FTP/HTTP/HTTPS, etc.
> >
> > You mean: getting close to almost barely good enough to be as
> > managable as a local software?
> 
> No, I mean, if I have 50 extensions, I can create one config file,
> arrange it however I need on the server, and manage the 50 phones from
> my desk via ssh, etc. With softphones, I will have to get up and walk to
> each desk to change settings if I need to.

This is software. Use manageble software. If "software" means separate
setup on each desktop, then don't use it. If you spend that much time on
setting up phones, imagine how long it takes you to update other
software packages. This is, then, a symptom of a general problem.

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