[Asterisk-Users] Mission-Critical Deployments

[pdhales at optusnet.com.au]

> > Hmmmmm......it's pretty close price wise....I thought the channel banks
> > would cost more...
> >
> > With regards to functionality, I would have to test the two setups side
by
> > side.
> > I know that at a site we setup, the grandstream BT101's came out about
the
> > same as cheap analogs with regards to quality and functionality...
>
> This is exactly what I disagree with. The BT101's are not worth
> *anything* even if you pay me to take them I will *never* install them
> for a client. They need babysitting, rebooting, terrible sound
> quality, and are very not userfriendly. Going the analog way (vs
> BT101) is not close pricewise it is a *lot* cheaper, since it works.
> The BT101's don't, it creates tooooooooooooo much trouble for any
> office to deal with. Quality wise, an analog phone is the quality
> users are looking for, since that's what they are used to. The BT101
> cannot offer that. Functionality: what function does the BT101 have
> that you like so much? last time I checked the conf button wasn't even
> working, xfers you get with features.conf, and ringers sound much
> nicer on analog phones, CallerID works much better on analog phones.
> Can you please name me one feature that the BT101 has that is at least
> as good as an analog phone (besides for the xfer button, which with
> any decent analog phone can be programmed if it has dedicated one
> touch speed dial buttons)?

I think I already agreed with you - that nice analog phones are better than
cheap IP phones.

PaulH