asterisk users - Sep 2005 - USB Phones for use with Asterisk

Hi all,

I have a question that I was hoping someone could answer for me.

I would like to find a USB phone that works with Asterisk... preferably 
one that does not have any issues with NAT.

Can anyone point me to something suitable ?  We are essentially planning 
to do a beta for a few hundred customers on our network and would like 
them to be able to call one another @ no charge.

Because these are going to be end users who have no idea about Voice / 
VOIP stuff... it needs to be extremely easy to use.

Can someone point me in the right direction ?

Cheers,

Callum

Callum McGillivray wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question that I was hoping someone could answer for me.
> 
> I would like to find a USB phone that works with Asterisk... preferably
> one that does not have any issues with NAT.
> 
> Can anyone point me to something suitable ?  We are essentially planning
> to do a beta for a few hundred customers on our network and would like
> them to be able to call one another @ no charge.
> 
> Because these are going to be end users who have no idea about Voice /
> VOIP stuff... it needs to be extremely easy to use.
> 
> Can someone point me in the right direction ?
My Asia/Pacific distributor should contact you shortly.

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Matt Riddell
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> Hi all,
>
> I have a question that I was hoping someone could answer for me.
>
> I would like to find a USB phone that works with Asterisk... preferably 
> one that does not have any issues with NAT.
RESPONSE:  This is Bill McCready from PCPhoneline.com .   I suggest you give 
our VTA1000 Skype+SIP+IAX2 Gateway which is USB based with a good cordless 
phone.

We offer several versions of the VTA1000 but this is the latest one we have 
developed and it supports Skype + 10 x SIP + 10 x IAX2 networks all at the 
same time and plugs into the USB port of a Windows 2000 or Windows XP 
computer.   You can optionally disable Skype and/or the SIP calling 
capabilities if you don't need them.   The VTA1000 is designed to work even 
if your computer screen is powered off using it with a cordless phone of 
course gives you the added advantage of not needing to be tied to your 
computer to place and receive calls.   If you don't mind being tethered to a
computer we also have the VPT1000 phone available with the same capability 
set.

You can find them in our Ebay store at http://stores.ebay.com/pcphoneline . 
If you need a bunch of these and want a build specially tailored and branded 
please private e-mail me with your requirements and we will do our best to 
try to accomodate you.

Best regards...Bill

>
> Can anyone point me to something suitable ?  We are essentially planning 
> to do a beta for a few hundred customers on our network and would like 
> them to be able to call one another @ no charge.
>
> Because these are going to be end users who have no idea about Voice / 
> VOIP stuff... it needs to be extremely easy to use.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Callum
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USB phone and NAT - What has USB Phpne got to do with NAT?

USB Phone is just a hardware piece that pipes the audio output from your
softphone.

Your softphone has to take care of that.

Seshu

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] USB Phones for use with Asterisk

Hi all,

I have a question that I was hoping someone could answer for me.

I would like to find a USB phone that works with Asterisk... preferably
one that does not have any issues with NAT.

Can anyone point me to something suitable ?  We are essentially planning
to do a beta for a few hundred customers on our network and would like
them to be able to call one another @ no charge.

Because these are going to be end users who have no idea about Voice /
VOIP stuff... it needs to be extremely easy to use.

Can someone point me in the right direction ?

Cheers,

Callum
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