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<FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="11" DEFAULT="SIZE">I own one of these. It's a great phone overall. It's the only thing I've tried that was able to display a much beloved Polycom IP600. The only thing to be aware of is that the phone only supports two active calls at a time, and only one G.729a coded call at a time.<BR>
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Not certain where you're getting your numbers. The 480 CTi can be found for $279 with one remote handset included. A second remote handset is $99.<BR>
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I also have a Panasonic KXTG-4000 KSU system, which remains in service just because my wife is familiar with its use. Before the 480 CTi I used the Panasonic KSU and a pair of dual FXS ATAs to connect to my Asterisk server. The Aastra remote handsets are a little more fiddly to use. Occasionally some functions require multiple button pushes whereas the Panasonic handsets have more edicated function buttons. <BR>
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Life's too short to suffer through using a cheap phone.<BR>
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Michael<BR>
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:48:37 -0400 (EDT), Doug Crompton wrote:<BR>
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>Iain,<BR>
><BR>
> Thanks for the repsonse but you are kidding me right? From what I can see<BR>
>if I bought this phone and two remotes my outlay would be close to $800<BR>
>US. This is NOT a home device unless you have nothing better to do with<BR>
>your money!<BR>
><BR>
>You can buy a lot of single line wireless phones and FXS devices for that<BR>
>amount!<BR>
><BR>
>Doug<BR>
><BR>
>On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Iain Barker wrote:<BR>
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>> Doug,<BR>
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>> What you are describing sounds like the Aastra 480-CT, a base Ethernet/SIP screenphone supporting multiple wireless handsets [but as this is a non-commercial list I won't go into more detail here, google for the above model number if you're interested in more info.]<BR>
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>> - Iain<BR>
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>> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:08:48 -0400 (EDT)<BR>
>> From: Doug Crompton <<FONT COLOR=0000ff><U>doug@crompton.com<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"></U>><BR>
>> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] best hardphone for Asterisk?<BR>
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<BR>
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>> Still awfully pricey for home use and the styling is not there for a<BR>
>> bedroom or many other areas of a modern home. What we need is a wireless<BR>
>> sip phone modeled like the panasonic or uniden which allow multiple<BR>
>> extension off of one base. The base would connect to the internet. The<BR>
>> other problem is many of these phones require power, so even if you have<BR>
>> backup for your central system the phone still needs to be on it. Power<BR>
>> over ethernet would help.<BR>
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>> Doug<BR>
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