Re: DECT phones for use with Asterisk PBX

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah I looked at a few of the stand-alone SIP phones but most were
locked to
a specific provider and were a bit pricey.

I think a standard DECT phone is the way to go hooked up to an FXS port on
the Asterisk machine.  That way I can have Asterisk be in total control of
what each extension is able to do and do fancy stuff like least cost
routing
etc.

But with the myriad of DECT phones available I'm hoping to get some advise
from others who have been down the same route, especially with regards to
things like CID and call waiting etc.



Martyn



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Poulton" <stuart.poulton@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] DECT phones for use with Asterisk PBX


> Martyn,
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> I've been considering looking at
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> http://www.tesco.com/internetphone/family/product2.html
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> From what I can tell it's a Siemens S450IP phone, which has the
> following feature list
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>     * Can make calls over VoIP (SIP) or a normal telephone line
>     * Can make two SIP calls and one PSTN call simultaneously
>     * Use like a normal DECT cordless phone
>     * Illuminated colour display with icon-based menu
>     * Register up to 5 additional handsets
>     * Handsfree speakerphone built into handset
>     * Features 5 polyphonic ring tones and 10 melodies
>     * Phone book for up to 150 numbers and names with birthday
> notification
>
> With the Ethernet connectivity no need to convert using an FXS, the
> only concern of course is that the phone from Tesco is locked to
> they're VOIP service.
>
> Cheers
>
> Stuart
>
> On 9 Nov 2007, at 16:23, Martyn Wendon wrote:
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>> Anybody have any recommendations for DECT phones to be used with
an
>> Asterisk
>> PBX?
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>> I'm planning on using single DECT handsets & base stations in
each
>> room (8
>> in total) so that they can each be seen as an individual extension
in
>> Asterisk.  Each handset will be connected to an FXS port on the
>> Asterisk
>> machine.
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>> Is anybody using a similar setup and has stuff like Caller ID,
Call
>> Waiting
>> Caller ID, Message Indicator, SMS, etc working on their DECT
phones?
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>>
>> TIA,
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>> Martyn
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