[asterisk-users] SIP hardware phones

[Olivier]

2012/2/8, Carlos Alvarez <carlos at televolve.com>:
> If the customer is so cheap that they won't properly build out the network,
> why would they have gigabit switches to the desktop which have a limited
> set of applications that actually benefit from it?
>
> Then there's PoE, which is expensive to start and very expensive with
> gigabit.  So this mythical customer is too cheap to cable, but will buy a
> gigabit switch of dubious value, will they buy a PoE gigabit switch?  If
> not, why not buy a value-priced PoE 100m switch which has a clear benefit
> instead of a low-end GB switch of dubious value?
>
> I just don't see the fit, and I'm guessing the vendors don't either.

I disagree here : what if you're changing your telephony system this
year and you'll upgrade your network next year ? Would you buy high
end phones for everybody, just for that ?
Needing Gigabit to the desktop doesn't imply you a SIP phone with a
large or color screen.

I also visited locations like University campus in which a Cat5 is a
scarce resource.

Having low end Gigabit phones allow a more modular procurement, if I
may call it this way, and is a useful mean to protect investments.



  What
> is the exact network topology (brands/models) and applications that justify
> GB to the desktop, don't justify additional cabling, and how do you account
> for PoE in this environment?
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Vieri <rentorbuy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 2/8/12, Jason W. Parks <jason.w.parks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >  From everything I've researched to
>> > date, my understanding is most
>> > locations have chosen to double their port density and
>> > continue to
>> > service the phone and computer on separate ports than to
>> > share a single
>> > line for both computer and phone. Reason primarily mentioned
>> > being
>> > troubleshooting concerns. If this is the case, the second
>> > port is not
>> > required, and become nothing but another gimmick to sell to
>> > you.
>> >
>> > Is this everyone else's experience as well?
>>
>> Well, at some locations, for technical and mostly political reasons,
>> doubling port density so that the computer connects to a separate port is
>> too costly, way over what a 60$ hardphone can cost (eg. Grandstream
>> GXP285). I'd be glad to pay just "a tad more" for hundreds of "basic"
>> hardphones, just as long as they can do gigabit.
>>
>> Vieri
>>
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> Carlos Alvarez
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