[Asterisk-Users] Which analog phones to use and why?

[Steven Critchfield]

On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 12:29 -0500, tmassey at obscorp.com wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Now that I finally have my TDM board working, I want to move forward with 
> using PBX functions.  However, it seems cumbersome to use standard POTS 
> telephones with Asterisk.  I know that there are many of you installing 
> even large systems based on channel banks and analog telephones.  What 
> phones are you using?  How do you simulate phone system features on a 
> phone that doesn't have extra buttons?  Or are you all using ADSI 
> telephones?  It seems that for the price of a ADSI telephone (never mind 
> the cost per channel of a channel bank and T1 card), you can get a good 
> quality IP telephone.  In that case, what is the appeal of analog?

Depends on what functions you are trying to implement. Hold isn't hard
on a regular phone. Transfer isn't hard. Voicemail access isn't hard.
Beyond that, there isn't a lot that needs to be done. 

If you find that you need more functions, then you may need to move up
to a SIP phone. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>