Re: [OT] Any VOIP experts on list still?

[Andy Powell <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd seriously take a look at the siemens stuff Paul, like these,

http://www.provu.co.uk/siemens.html

They can do 2 voip calls at the same time (as well as a pstn call), so
add more handsets and you end up with a nice wireless system for a
reasonable cost. I've found a quad pack for less than 100 quid for the
Gigaset A580 IP - which doesn't sound too bad, less if you want fewer
handsets. I haven't tested the 580 myself but I did remotely set up
gigaset for a list member - they seem really happy about it and it
works really well.

I really like the look of the aastra phones, and iirc the xml support
is very ciscoesque if not directly compatible.


Andy



On 28 Sep 2009, at 22:25, Paul Gale wrote:

> Thanks Andy,
>
> I've now got PIAF working with two sipgate accounts and an SPA3000 -
> very impressed as are my colleagues :) great solution.
>
> I've ordered an aastra 57i and a wireless headset and will see how I
> get on with that for my office. Still need fully featured wireless IP
> handsets for around the house though, so will continue looking. Aastra
> DECT phones look interesting too but expensive when you factor in the
> wireless device too.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul. (Mobile)
>
> Paul Gale
> Silicon Pixel Ltd
> Tel: 01367 243317
> Mob: 07900 885544
>
> On 28 Sep 2009, at 20:42, "Andy Powell" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>> Sorry Paul,
>>
>> was offline for a bit..
>>
>> First up, I've been told that it's a good idea to stay well away
from
>> the Snom M3. Try Siemens Gigaset DECT IP phones. All good reports
on
>> those. Once the caller id is in asterisk (doesn't matter where it
>> came
>> from) any channel has access to that information. If the ip phone
>> supports alert tones then you can change the ring based on the
caller
>> id.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> sorry again for hte delay
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23 Sep 2009, at 19:10, Paul Gale wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Andy,
>>>
>>> Lehane has answered most of my questions off list so far - but
I'm
>>> sure I'll have a few more over the coming days and weeks as I
>>> (hopefully and finally) get asterisk working again :)
>>>
>>> One question still to be answered though - if I have several
>>> analogue lines and a couple of VOIP numbers coming into
Asterisk -
>>> can a DECT IP phone (such as the SNOM M3) clearly display the
>>> incoming line? I'd really want to see this as we run a couple
of
>>> businesses now from the same offices and need to answer with
the
>>> right greeting!
>>>
>>> i.e. a different ring tone and/or graphics/colours on the
handset
>>> screen etc?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Andy Powell
>>>> Sent: 23 September 2009 18:47
>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Any VOIP experts on list still?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do you want to know?
>>>>
>>>> With asterisk the process is almost completely painless :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 22 Sep 2009, at 13:40, Paul Gale wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I need to ask some questions about setting up a small
'virtual'
>>>>> office with VOIP and maybe Asterisk etc so that calls
can be
>>>>> routed
>>>>> between physically separate offices. Plus some
questions on the
>>>>> best
>>>>> hardware handset wise to use.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any pointers to good forums/groups to ask this stuff
on would also
>>>>> be good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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