Anyone know of any *portable* SIP/WiFi handsets? Looking for a decent price:quality ratio, of possible. Keep seeing handsets for Vonage, etc., in Best Buy and the like, but I imagine it's locked to Vonage, and can't be re-appropriated. Thanks! -Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Ken,<br> I did lots of research on this for my VoIP deployment here where I work. We have a huge manufacturing floor and all the supervisors have wifi phones. We evetually settled on the Polycom Spectralink 8002. A nice rugged little phone with great sound quality and some good features. We use a managed switch to create seamless wifi coverage over all of our AP's. Provisioning the phone is pretty easy, but no web browser if you were planning on using the phone to travel with, some hotels require login for internet access.<br> <br> I also tried a clamshell wifi SIP phone by D-Link. This phone actually works really well, but we had some minor issues with it so we went with all Spectralink phones. But the D-Link phone would be good choice if you plan to take your wifi phone on the road.<br> <br> I also tested the Linksys WIP330 which I thought was a terrible phone. Very difficult to use.<br> <br> Good luck.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.polycom.com/products/voice/wireless_solutions/wifi_communications/handsets/spectralink_8002_wireless.html">http://www.polycom.com/products/voice/wireless_solutions/wifi_communications/handsets/spectralink_8002_wireless.html</a><br> <a href="http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=485">http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=485</a><br> <a href="http://www.voipsupply.com/linksys-wip330-na">http://www.voipsupply.com/linksys-wip330-na</a><br> <div class="moz-signature"> <title></title> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Jason Baker<br> </b><font color="#660000"><span style=""><i>IT Coordinator</i></span></font></font></p> <font color="#000099" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b> Glastender, Inc.</b></font><br> <font size="2">5400 North Michigan Road<br> Saginaw, Michigan 48604 USA<br> Phone: 989.752.4275 ext. 228<br> Fax: 989.752.4276</font><br> <a href="http://www.glastender.com/">www.glastender.com</a> </div> <br> <br> Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:3fdd4fc08aa37bd505b08319539cbcf4.squirrel@webmail.jots.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Anyone know of any *portable* SIP/WiFi handsets? Looking for a decent price:quality ratio, of possible. Keep seeing handsets for Vonage, etc., in Best Buy and the like, but I imagine it's locked to Vonage, and can't be re-appropriated. Thanks! -Ken </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>
I had a good experience with that Polycom/Spectralink phone. Very rugged as you say. The experience did highlight the weaknesses in consumer Wifi AP, which reinforced my commitment to continue using DECT around my office. Michael> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] SIP/WiFi handsets? > From: Jason Baker <jbaker at glastender.com> > Date: Wed, September 23, 2009 10:02 am > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com> > > > Ken, > I did lots of research on this for my VoIP deployment here where I work. We have a huge manufacturing floor and all the supervisors have wifi phones. We evetually settled on the Polycom Spectralink 8002. A nice rugged little phone with great sound quality and some good features. We use a managed switch to create seamless wifi coverage over all of our AP's. Provisioning the phone is pretty easy, but no web browser if you were planning on using the phone to travel with, some hotels require login for internet access. > > I also tried a clamshell wifi SIP phone by D-Link. This phone actually works really well, but we had some minor issues with it so we went with all Spectralink phones. But the D-Link phone would be good choice if you plan to take your wifi phone on the road. > > I also tested the Linksys WIP330 which I thought was a terrible phone. Very difficult to use. > > Good luck. > > http://www.polycom.com/products/voice/wireless_solutions/wifi_communications/handsets/spectralink_8002_wireless.html > http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=485 > http://www.voipsupply.com/linksys-wip330-na > Jason Baker > IT Coordinator > Glastender, Inc. > 5400 North Michigan Road > Saginaw, Michigan 48604 USA > Phone: 989.752.4275 ext. 228 > Fax: 989.752.4276 > www.glastender.com > > > Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Anyone know of any *portable* SIP/WiFi handsets? Looking for a decent > price:quality ratio, of possible. Keep seeing handsets for Vonage, etc., > in Best Buy and the like, but I imagine it's locked to Vonage, and can't > be re-appropriated. > > Thanks! > > -Ken<hr>_______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
----- "Jason Baker" <jbaker at glastender.com> escreveu:> Ken, > I did lots of research on this for my VoIP deployment here where I > work. We have a huge manufacturing floor and all the supervisors have > wifi phones. We evetually settled on the Polycom Spectralink 8002. A > nice rugged little phone with great sound quality and some good > features. We use a managed switch to create seamless wifi coverage > over all of our AP's. Provisioning the phone is pretty easy, but no > web browser if you were planning on using the phone to travel with, > some hotels require login for internet access. > > I also tried a clamshell wifi SIP phone by D-Link. This phone actually > works really well, but we had some minor issues with it so we went > with all Spectralink phones. But the D-Link phone would be good choice > if you plan to take your wifi phone on the road. > > I also tested the Linksys WIP330 which I thought was a terrible phone. > Very difficult to use. > > Good luck. > > http://www.polycom.com/products/voice/wireless_solutions/wifi_communications/handsets/spectralink_8002_wireless.html > http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=485 > http://www.voipsupply.com/linksys-wip330-na > > > > Jason Baker > IT Coordinator Glastender, Inc. > 5400 North Michigan Road > Saginaw, Michigan 48604 USA > Phone: 989.752.4275 ext. 228 > Fax: 989.752.4276 > www.glastender.com > > Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > Anyone know of any *portable* SIP/WiFi handsets? Looking for a decent > price:quality ratio, of possible. Keep seeing handsets for Vonage, > etc., > in Best Buy and the like, but I imagine it's locked to Vonage, and > can't > be re-appropriated. > > Thanks! > > -Ken > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersI second that. Spectralink 8002 phones are very good, specially when using a managed wifi solution like the 3Com WX1200. The only thing you must pay attention is no matter what kind of access point you have, they *must* support WMM or else the phones won't work at all. Vin?cius Fontes www.asteriskforum.com.br - Informa??es e discuss?o sobre Asterisk e telefonia IP