[Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

[Douglas Garstang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mustardman29 [mailto:mustardman29 at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:08 PM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones
> 
> 
> Could you please explain this limitation.  Why would Polycom 
> sell a sidecar
> if it does not work or is this specific to Asterisk? 

mustardman:
Here's a couple of email quotes from a discussion I had with a Polycom employee. If you'd like the full text of the email let me know and I can send it to you directly. You can quite clearly see it's a Polycom limitation. 
Others have reported being about to 'buddy' more than 7 extensions with other phones with Asterisk.

"Douglas,

There is slated to be a large increase to the amount of buddies (48)
with sip 2.0 towards the end of May. At this time we have sip 1.6.5, but
it does not include any of those enhancements."

- and -

"Yes at this time the limit is 7, but that should increase with newer
releases of software."