Re: VoIP hardware?
Peter Loron <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:30:06 -0800
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Thanks for all of the replies, folks! Off to go play with Astlinux and Elastix... -Pete On Feb 15, 2008, at 5:43 AM, Daniel Marsh wrote: > I've used the Linksys SPA 942 and 962 models on a couple Speakeasy > VOIP > installs and really like them. > > -Daniel Marsh >> we tried almost everything a couple years back while developing our >> VoIP >> service offering, including grandstream, and really like the gear >> from >> Sipura. Sipura was bought by Cisco about 1.5 years back and it is >> now the >> guts of the entire Linksys VoIP offering. You wont go wrong if you >> go with >> the new Linksys gear. They have a business phone model for about >> $100 that >> is great. Their residential ATAs are also very nice. >> >> tyler >> >> >> >> ------- >> >> Tyler van Houwelingen >> Founder & CEO >> Azulstar, Inc. >> 1051 Jackson, Grand Haven, MI 49417 >> Main: 1-877-AZULSTAR >> Fax: 616-842-1104 >> www.azulstar.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Peter Loron" <[email protected]> >> To: "SeattleWireless Talk List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:34 AM >> Subject: Re: VoIP hardware? >> >> >> >>> Yeah, I've worked at a few places that had the Cisco stuff. Very >>> nice >>> quality, but I'm guessing you need to use Cisco for everything, and >>> yes, they're spendy. >>> >>> Thanks for the other info. Is there a local vendor for this sort of >>> thing where I could go in and actually fondle the phones? >>> >>> -Pete >>> >>> On Feb 14, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Rick wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Peter Loron wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm working on a small VoIP deployment, and was wondering if >>>>> anybody >>>>> local had experience with commodity IP phones (Grandstream, Snom, >>>>> etc) >>>>> and SOHO-level FXS & FXO equipment. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -Pete >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Talk mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Grandstream, and Polycom desktop models in the $130 range ( polycom >>>> 330 >>>> w/ PoE and dual ethernet switch ) feel cheaper than SNOMs in the >>>> same range. >>>> >>>> Grandstream has a superior web interface, Polycom has the worst, >>>> SNOM is >>>> adequate and worth the trade-off for phone quality. >>>> >>>> Grandstream FXO ATA boxes are good for legacy analog (cordless) >>>> phones. >>>> Though I don't think they have any models that support PoE. I'd >>>> appreciate a link to anybody who makes a good inexpensive one that >>>> does. >>>> >>>> I assume if you have the budget that everything is wine and roses >>>> when >>>> you buy Cisco gear. I've seen a few of their phones up close and >>>> they >>>> hands down blow everything else away. But you may for the quality. >>>> >>>> -Rick >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk