[asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

[Norman Franke]

On Mar 19, 2008, at 2:48 PM, asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com  
wrote:

> My mobile does not sound terrible, does not have echo, does not  
> fade in or
> out, and the last time I used it to call the emergency services, I got
> through straight away. I've not had a dropped call for a long time  
> either
> (going through tunnels on the train, or over Dartmoor excepted)


I've never heard a cell phone on the other end that I couldn't tell  
was a cell phone, even on a good day. They compress the audio so much  
it's rather obvious. That may vary by carrier, AT&T and Verizon being  
the largest in the US are both pretty awful. A fun test is to call a  
landline from your cell in the same room and note now long the delay  
is. I find it long enough to interfere with conversations, people  
talking over each other (especially when both are on cells from  
different carriers.)

None of the carriers really offer a phone that can do SIP, as far as  
I've seen. As soon as the iPhone software 2.0 is out, there will be  
one for that.

Norman Franke
Answering Service for Directors, Inc.
www.myasd.com

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