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?<div><br></div><div>
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?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I just don't see the fit, and I'm guessing the vendors don't either. 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?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Vieri <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rentorbuy@yahoo.com">rentorbuy@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
--- On Wed, 2/8/12, Jason W. Parks <<a href="mailto:jason.w.parks@gmail.com">jason.w.parks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> From everything I've researched to<br>
> date, my understanding is most<br>
> locations have chosen to double their port density and<br>
> continue to<br>
> service the phone and computer on separate ports than to<br>
> share a single<br>
> line for both computer and phone. Reason primarily mentioned<br>
> being<br>
> troubleshooting concerns. If this is the case, the second<br>
> port is not<br>
> required, and become nothing but another gimmick to sell to<br>
> you.<br>
><br>
> Is this everyone else's experience as well?<br>
<br>
</div>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.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Vieri<br>
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