[Asterisk-Users] what should i select ??????????

[Michael Furdyk]

Anyone know where to get a reasonably priced/chat PoE (powered) switch?
For about 5-12 ports?

-- Michael 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Phillips
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:56 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] what should i select ??????????

I've done exactly this recently.

Frankly with hardphones being as cheap as they are I'd buy them. If you
are messing about with analogue adapters etc you'll end up with all
sorts of potentional echo problems not to mention the cost of the chanel
banks etc.

A hardphone will enable you many features that an anologue phone would
not. Many hardphones have LCD displays and soft keys which you can
assign funtions to such as company directories etc. This is possible in
the Analogue world through the use of ADSI but an ADSI compliant phone
is often more than a hardphone.

There are of course network considerations. Can your network sustain the
extra traffic the hardphones will add? Do you have the right physical
layer at every station (usually CAT5)? Do you want to do Power Over
Ethernet or run a small PSU to the wall for each phone?

Only you can answer these questions.

For my money, witha new install, I'd go all hardphone. I happen to like
the Cisco 7960 which goes for about $260. However there are phones as
cheap as $50 in quantity. Check out voipsupply.com for prices etc.

Mark

ishtiaq Ahmed wrote:
> hy all
> actually i want to have a setup of five offices having round about 200

> extensions ( each office having 35 to 45 ) which will be connected 
> through asterisk.
> now either i should go for voip phones( hard phones ). or use any 
> interface card to asterisk server to which the analogue phones will be

> connected.
>  
> ----- if i use analogue phones in the above case ( we have analogue 
> phones already ) which card should i use.( plzz mention the name of 
> card provided by digium ).
>  
> ---- i think using some interface cards( for analogue phones and one 
> card for each office) will be cheaper than buying about 200 voip
phones.
>  
> what do u think????
> i will be waiting for ur value able suggestion. i have searched alot 
> for this noone has given me a clear suggestion ( mean to say answer at

> the max 20% of my question ).
>  
> 
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Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
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