I'm fairly new to VoIP, and brand-new to Asterisk. I am wondering what are the best/least expensive phones or phone adapters to use with Asterisk, both wired and WiFi. I would appreciate any insight or recommendations you may have. Thanks, James arbaughj@myrealbox.com
I'm fairly new to VoIP, and brand-new to Asterisk. I am wondering what are the best/least expensive phones or phone adapters to use with Asterisk, both wired and WiFi. I would appreciate any insight or recommendations you may have. Thanks, James arbaughj@myrealbox.com
Hi James, I have 3 Pulver WiSIP, 3 Grandstream 101's, a registered version of the X-Ten soft phone, 1 Cisco ATA 186 and a Sipura. The Sipura outshines the Cisco IMO. Its easier to configure, has more features and can sense fax traffic. They are typically $85-100 new on ebay. I like the grandstream but you get what you pay for, Its going for anything from $60-120 depending on whom you buy it from. The phone is easy to setup and looks good on the desk in the study but the speakerphone sucks. People I'm speaking to complain of an echo which goes away when I pick up the handset. It must be full duplex with no noise cancelling etc. AS for the WiSIP, STAY WELL AWAY!! I have 3 and they all started to exhibit the same problem after only 4 weeks out of the box. They become deaf and consistantly miss the call setup. The processor in the phone is very slow which can be demonstrated by the painfullnes endured when navigating the menu's or configuring its web interface. None of the features that Pulver claims work (hold, transfer, call waiting, second line etc) and he will not respond to any critisism of the product. You can forget trying to talk to their tech support too. She sucks. The X-Ten soft phone is working flawlessly on my laptop. I paid the $50 to enable the greyed out features such as transfer and conferencing as well as have more lines available to me. Hope that helps Mark> I'm fairly new to VoIP, and brand-new to Asterisk. I am wondering what > are the best/least expensive phones or phone adapters to use with > Asterisk, both wired and WiFi. I would appreciate any insight or > recommendations you may have. > > Thanks, > James > arbaughj@myrealbox.com > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >G7LTT/KC2ENI Mark Phillips
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Kohlsmith > > > AS for the WiSIP, STAY WELL AWAY!! I have 3 and they all started to > > exhibit the same problem after only 4 weeks out of the box. Theybecome> > deaf and consistantly miss the call setup. The processor in thephone is> > very slow which can be demonstrated by the painfullnes endured when > > navigating the menu's or configuring its web interface. None of the > > features that Pulver claims work (hold, transfer, call waiting,second> > line etc) and he will not respond to any critisism of the product.You> can > > forget trying to talk to their tech support too. She sucks. > > I second this, although I don't have any issues with speed -- Mind youI> am > not using any kind of encryption, which I hear really bogs it down. > > Hold works fine for me. No transfer, call waiting or second linethough.> I > too have had no success in getting phone calls or email responded to.The> volume is very low, even when cranked up. The standy time sucks ass, > although I consistently get 3h of talk time out of it. Both thedisplay> contrast and the display backlight are substandard, IMO. > > I'm gonna dump this phone on ebay and try one of the other wirelessSIP> phones.I third this. Functionally it's a terrible implementation and not something I would ever give to users. Anyone want to buy it at a low, low price? I'll think twice before buying another Pulver product. Regards, --- Gavin