[asterisk-users] WiFi SIP phones

[Cosmin Prund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Remco Post
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:47 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] WiFi SIP phones
> 
> Tony Plack wrote:
> > Are the DECT phones two channel or do they share a channel like most
> > other portable phones?
> 
> DECT is a digital standard, quite distantly comparable to GSM. There
> are
> multiple channels (I believe the standard allows for 12 channels, but
> the last time I actually worked on DECT is ages ago). A siemens S450IP
> can have up two 6 handsets with 2 'external' (SIP or POTS) phonecalls
> concurently. You cannot decline a phonecall, but you can ignore it.

I'm curious: is the impossibility of declining an call a DECT limitation
or is it that "agest ago" DECT phones were backed by POTS line and
declining a call would make no sense since the POTS doesn't support it?