[Freeswitch-users] SIP phones -

[Lawrence Conroy]

Hi Folks,
 +3 for the Gigasets. I have a number of these setups -- with different handsets.
These are working fine with fS in all of my servers.
TL;DR: I paid my own money for two of these for my own use. My wife doesn't know
 she's using SIP for all calls -- it's just a 'phone.

Voice Quality seems to be good, range is excellent, battery life is fine (though
they spend most of their time in the desk stands, charging).
I have not used bluetooth headsets with them, so can't talk on that. The 2.5 mm
audio connector works fine (some folk prefer clipping the phone to their waist
and wearing a headset -- YMMV).
The N300A (consumer DECT SIP base station) voicemail is OK, but IMHO over-compresses.
The in-built web server by which the base is configured is OK if slow.
Configuring the base via a connected handset is possible, but like every manufacturer's
version of that I've seen, it's not recommended for mere mortals without a lot of patience.
[...and apart from the annoyance of the battery compartment door falling open if you
drop them, and the handset NOT being waterproof/toiletproof, they're remarkably robust]

As for Polycom, can't speak for the "straight" SIP versions, but I have experience
 of their Lync DECT multicell system & handsets; IMHO these don't even reach the
 'blows goats' level. Work has 50 of them; user feedback is that voice quality,
 coverage, battery life is "not as good as we might hope".
Opinion seems to be that these are a step back from the siemens cellular DECT
'phones we had on the old "steam" PBX (being polite).
Sigh.  For all portable systems, Try before you buy.

all the best,
 Lawrence


On 16 Aug 2013, at 10:15, Andrew Cassidy wrote:
> Polycom is the name I see the most on this list, I've some some experience
> with Snom and Grandstream. The do the job but my favourites are Cisco
> SPA50x series.
> 
> 
> On 16 August 2013 08:22, Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Gigaset 610IP is a great cordless ip-phone. Works perfectly with
>> FreeSWITCH. You can also have several handsets served from one base.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Karl Schmidt <karl at xtronics.com>
>> *To:* freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2013 5:36 AM
>> *Subject:* [Freeswitch-users] SIP phones -
>> 
>> I am thinking of getting a couple of SIP phones for our system - I see
>> some used on ebay.
>> 
>> Are there ones to avoid? Good ones to seek?
>> 
>> I have a couple of places where there needs to be a backup phone in case
>> the workstation is
>> rebooting. I can set up POE if that sounds like a good idea.
>> 
>> Depending on what happens, I could then start retiring some of the analog
>> phones replacing with SIP
>> phones.
>> 
>> The bits I'm finding on the web is almost all by someone selling and
>> mostly spammy information. A
>> few clues could go a long way.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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