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Gary G. Hendershot wrote:> I have admired the Cisco 7960, the Polycom 600 and the Snom 200 more or > less in that order of appeal ? all seem to be available in about the > same general price range of $275-$350 street price (used ones for less > on eBay) ? I am new enough to IP telephony gear that I have missed some > other players that I should consider ?There's a long list of phones here: http://voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones The Uniden UIP200 offers good value (~$150).> what I hope to get from the group is a little guidance from folks out > there who may have already made a mistake that I should avoid ? info on > any gotcha?s that I should be aware of would be appreciated ?Uniden gotcha's are also on the wiki: http://voip-info.org/wiki-UIP200
Do you need to use a real VoIP phone at the remote locations, especially those which will be behind a NAT? In particular, given that IAX traverses NAT more easily than SIP, I wonder if you would get better results buying a nice analog desk phone and an IAXy <http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=iaxy>. It doesn't sound like you're otherwise (consumer-grade DSL, legacy Panasonic stuff) trying to recreate a full corporate KS/PBX experience, just trying to get voice connections working. -- Greg Broiles, JD, EA gbroiles@gmail.com (Lists only. Not for confidential communications.) Law Office of Gregory A. Broiles San Jose, CA
Is the poor shlob using Starband? Don't expect this to work AT ALL. Search the list for a discussion of the many why-nots of Satellite VOIP. Give him a cell-phone. -----Original Message----- From: Gary G. Hendershot [mailto:ghendershot@advdigtech.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:15 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] IP Phone Recommendation ? << We will also need to deploy 8 additional units at remote locations that are on consumer type internet connections . mostly cable and DSL but one is on a satellite ISP (guy lives in the woods but writes beautiful code) . these remotes will need to traverse consumer grade NAT firewalls to reach the Asterisk server at the main office .>>