any handset recommendations that operate like polycom+cisco?
Looking for any handset/desk phone recommendations that have the "every line key can be it's own SIP account, even on expansion modules" behavior. Yealink units for example only allow a set number of lines, and the rest don't operate as line keys, so even though you can have a 30 + button phone, it's not usable for a receptionist or secretary that may handle calls for 15 different people with their own direct lines. With the polycom and cisco (sccp) phones, you can define N different SIP accounts. Are there any other phones out there that operate this way that anyone can recommend? -- Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger nneul@mst.edu Missouri S&T Information Technology (573) 612-1412 System Administrator - Architect
Linksys/cisco On Jan 15, 2015 10:06 PM, "Nathan Neulinger" <nneul@mst.edu> wrote:
Looking for any handset/desk phone recommendations that have the "every line key can be it's own SIP account, even on expansion modules" behavior.
Yealink units for example only allow a set number of lines, and the rest don't operate as line keys, so even though you can have a 30 + button phone, it's not usable for a receptionist or secretary that may handle calls for 15 different people with their own direct lines.
With the polycom and cisco (sccp) phones, you can define N different SIP accounts.
Are there any other phones out there that operate this way that anyone can recommend?
-- Nathan
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SNOM has up to 12 SIPaccounts (as far as I remember). How many phoones do you need? If more than just a few, try asking Yealink for adding more SIP accounts. They are quite responsive for such requests. __Yehavi: 2015-01-15 23:05 GMT+02:00 Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu>:
Looking for any handset/desk phone recommendations that have the "every line key can be it's own SIP account, even on expansion modules" behavior.
Yealink units for example only allow a set number of lines, and the rest don't operate as line keys, so even though you can have a 30 + button phone, it's not usable for a receptionist or secretary that may handle calls for 15 different people with their own direct lines.
With the polycom and cisco (sccp) phones, you can define N different SIP accounts.
Are there any other phones out there that operate this way that anyone can recommend?
-- Nathan
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Hi Nate, Sorry for the late reply. Just curious - what is the application here? I'm curious what the person using this phone would be doing with dozens of SIP accounts. Alternatively, would something like Voice Operator Panel be a better choice, even though it's basically a soft-phone and not a hard phone? Thanks, Michael On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu> wrote:
Looking for any handset/desk phone recommendations that have the "every line key can be it's own SIP account, even on expansion modules" behavior.
Yealink units for example only allow a set number of lines, and the rest don't operate as line keys, so even though you can have a 30 + button phone, it's not usable for a receptionist or secretary that may handle calls for 15 different people with their own direct lines.
With the polycom and cisco (sccp) phones, you can define N different SIP accounts.
Are there any other phones out there that operate this way that anyone can recommend?
-- Nathan
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Personally I think it's nuts... but we have a number of secretary/admin/receptionist users with Cisco expansion modules that have the shared lines of all of the people in their department on them. (i.e. a 7940/7960 plus the module). Usually with some portion of the other lines set to just flash and not audibly ring. While I'd expect that in most cases they really would be sufficient with busy lamp, sometimes they do use it to answer arbitrary calls for faculty that are out of the office/etc. With the transitioned cisco phones on FS/mod_skinny - it works the same way, however we're wanting to position ourselves with suitable replacements, particularly for any departments that want more than bare bones functionality. With the polycom phones, it appears to also work that way where you can have a sip account for every line key if you want - even including the expansion modules. However, on the Yealink phones (got looking at them cause of the T46G I won at ClueCon) we found the number of accounts very limited. It turns out that with the latest firmware (73.x) on the Yealink units the count is increased on a number of the models (to 16 on the T46 for example). The problem is that with the middle tier ones that you'd add an expansion module to - it doesn't really get you anything. If your base phone is limited to 6 accounts, adding the expansion module ONLY gets you busy-lamp or speed dials. We're working on getting the users "converted" to not using full lines wherever possible, but still want options open. -- Nathan On 01/24/2015 01:30 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
Hi Nate,
Sorry for the late reply. Just curious - what is the application here? I'm curious what the person using this phone would be doing with dozens of SIP accounts. Alternatively, would something like Voice Operator Panel be a better choice, even though it's basically a soft-phone and not a hard phone?
Thanks, Michael
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu>> wrote:
Looking for any handset/desk phone recommendations that have the "every line key can be it's own SIP account, even on expansion modules" behavior.
Yealink units for example only allow a set number of lines, and the rest don't operate as line keys, so even though you can have a 30 + button phone, it's not usable for a receptionist or secretary that may handle calls for 15 different people with their own direct lines.
With the polycom and cisco (sccp) phones, you can define N different SIP accounts.
Are there any other phones out there that operate this way that anyone can recommend?
-- Nathan
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu> wrote:
Personally I think it's nuts... but we have a number of secretary/admin/receptionist users with Cisco expansion modules that have the shared lines of all of the people in their department on them. (i.e. a 7940/7960 plus the module). Usually with some portion of the other lines set to just flash and not audibly ring. While I'd expect that in most cases they really would be sufficient with busy lamp, sometimes they do use it to answer arbitrary calls for faculty that are out of the office/etc.
With the transitioned cisco phones on FS/mod_skinny - it works the same way, however we're wanting to position ourselves with suitable replacements, particularly for any departments that want more than bare bones functionality.
With the polycom phones, it appears to also work that way where you can have a sip account for every line key if you want - even including the expansion modules.
However, on the Yealink phones (got looking at them cause of the T46G I won at ClueCon) we found the number of accounts very limited.
It turns out that with the latest firmware (73.x) on the Yealink units the count is increased on a number of the models (to 16 on the T46 for example). The problem is that with the middle tier ones that you'd add an expansion module to - it doesn't really get you anything. If your base phone is limited to 6 accounts, adding the expansion module ONLY gets you busy-lamp or speed dials.
We're working on getting the users "converted" to not using full lines wherever possible, but still want options open.
-- Nathan
Thanks for the explanation. I share your feelings about the T46. I love that phone but hate the fact that you only get 6 SIP accounts. (Glad to hear that they added more in a recent firmware - I'll test that out at some point...) If you find a solution other than the Cisco one I would be interested in hearing about it. Thanks, Michael
Hello, Just saw this. If you are still looking, the Aastra / Mitel 6800 series can do something like 20 SIP accounts, and you can put line keys on the expansion modules. I'm not sure if that is enough, but if it can cover you for the transition, that might get you by. -Tim On 2015-01-25 05:13 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu>> wrote:
Personally I think it's nuts... but we have a number of secretary/admin/receptionist users with Cisco expansion modules that have the shared lines of all of the people in their department on them. (i.e. a 7940/7960 plus the module). Usually with some portion of the other lines set to just flash and not audibly ring. While I'd expect that in most cases they really would be sufficient with busy lamp, sometimes they do use it to answer arbitrary calls for faculty that are out of the office/etc.
With the transitioned cisco phones on FS/mod_skinny - it works the same way, however we're wanting to position ourselves with suitable replacements, particularly for any departments that want more than bare bones functionality.
With the polycom phones, it appears to also work that way where you can have a sip account for every line key if you want - even including the expansion modules.
However, on the Yealink phones (got looking at them cause of the T46G I won at ClueCon) we found the number of accounts very limited.
It turns out that with the latest firmware (73.x) on the Yealink units the count is increased on a number of the models (to 16 on the T46 for example). The problem is that with the middle tier ones that you'd add an expansion module to - it doesn't really get you anything. If your base phone is limited to 6 accounts, adding the expansion module ONLY gets you busy-lamp or speed dials.
We're working on getting the users "converted" to not using full lines wherever possible, but still want options open.
-- Nathan
Thanks for the explanation. I share your feelings about the T46. I love that phone but hate the fact that you only get 6 SIP accounts. (Glad to hear that they added more in a recent firmware - I'll test that out at some point...)
If you find a solution other than the Cisco one I would be interested in hearing about it.
Thanks, Michael
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The Fanvil phones are cheap and usable. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Tim St. Pierre < fs-list@communicatefreely.net> wrote:
Hello,
Just saw this.
If you are still looking, the Aastra / Mitel 6800 series can do something like 20 SIP accounts, and you can put line keys on the expansion modules. I'm not sure if that is enough, but if it can cover you for the transition, that might get you by.
-Tim
On 2015-01-25 05:13 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu>> wrote:
Personally I think it's nuts... but we have a number of secretary/admin/receptionist users with Cisco expansion modules that have the shared lines of all of the people in their department on them. (i.e. a 7940/7960 plus the module). Usually with some portion of the other lines set to just flash and not audibly ring. While I'd expect that in most cases they really would be sufficient with busy lamp, sometimes they do use it to answer arbitrary calls for faculty that are out of the office/etc.
With the transitioned cisco phones on FS/mod_skinny - it works the same way, however we're wanting to position ourselves with suitable replacements, particularly for any departments that want more than bare bones functionality.
With the polycom phones, it appears to also work that way where you can have a sip account for every line key if you want - even including the expansion modules.
However, on the Yealink phones (got looking at them cause of the T46G I won at ClueCon) we found the number of accounts very limited.
It turns out that with the latest firmware (73.x) on the Yealink units the count is increased on a number of the models (to 16 on the T46 for example). The problem is that with the middle tier ones that you'd add an expansion module to - it doesn't really get you anything. If your base phone is limited to 6 accounts, adding the expansion module ONLY gets you busy-lamp or speed dials.
We're working on getting the users "converted" to not using full lines wherever possible, but still want options open.
-- Nathan
Thanks for the explanation. I share your feelings about the T46. I love that phone but hate the fact that you only get 6 SIP accounts. (Glad to hear that they added more in a recent firmware - I'll test that out at some point...)
If you find a solution other than the Cisco one I would be interested in hearing about it.
Thanks, Michael
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Looks like the Fanvil phones have the same underlying issue as the Yealinks unfortunately - # of sip accounts limited significantly below # of buttons. -- Nathan On 03/09/2015 02:43 PM, Brian West wrote:
The Fanvil phones are cheap and usable.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Tim St. Pierre <fs-list@communicatefreely.net <mailto:fs-list@communicatefreely.net>> wrote:
Hello,
Just saw this.
If you are still looking, the Aastra / Mitel 6800 series can do something like 20 SIP accounts, and you can put line keys on the expansion modules. I'm not sure if that is enough, but if it can cover you for the transition, that might get you by.
-Tim
On 2015-01-25 05:13 PM, Michael Collins wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu> > <mailto:nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu>>> wrote: > > Personally I think it's nuts... but we have a number of > secretary/admin/receptionist users with Cisco expansion modules > that have the shared lines of all of the people in their department > on them. (i.e. a 7940/7960 plus the module). Usually > with some portion of the other lines set to just flash and not > audibly ring. While I'd expect that in most cases they > really would be sufficient with busy lamp, sometimes they do use it > to answer arbitrary calls for faculty that are out > of the office/etc. > > With the transitioned cisco phones on FS/mod_skinny - it works the > same way, however we're wanting to position ourselves > with suitable replacements, particularly for any departments that > want more than bare bones functionality. > > With the polycom phones, it appears to also work that way where you > can have a sip account for every line key if you > want - even including the expansion modules. > > However, on the Yealink phones (got looking at them cause of the > T46G I won at ClueCon) we found the number of accounts > very limited. > > It turns out that with the latest firmware (73.x) on the Yealink > units the count is increased on a number of the models > (to 16 on the T46 for example). The problem is that with the middle > tier ones that you'd add an expansion module to - it > doesn't really get you anything. If your base phone is limited to 6 > accounts, adding the expansion module ONLY gets you > busy-lamp or speed dials. > > We're working on getting the users "converted" to not using full > lines wherever possible, but still want options open. > > -- Nathan > > > Thanks for the explanation. I share your feelings about the T46. I love > that phone but hate the fact that you only get 6 SIP accounts. (Glad to > hear that they added more in a recent firmware - I'll test that out at > some point...) > > If you find a solution other than the Cisco one I would be interested in > hearing about it. > > Thanks, > Michael > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: > consulting@freeswitch.org <mailto:consulting@freeswitch.org> > http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com > > Official FreeSWITCH Sites > http://www.freeswitch.org > http://confluence.freeswitch.org > http://www.cluecon.com > > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list > FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org <mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org> > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users > UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users > http://www.freeswitch.org >
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Buttons, WHO needs buttons, you have two ears and one mouth, till that condition changes and people start sprouting more mouths and ears I suspect a low button count is sufficient. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu> wrote:
Looks like the Fanvil phones have the same underlying issue as the Yealinks unfortunately - # of sip accounts limited significantly below # of buttons.
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On 03/09/2015 02:43 PM, Brian West wrote:
The Fanvil phones are cheap and usable.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Tim St. Pierre < fs-list@communicatefreely.net <mailto:fs-list@communicatefreely.net>> wrote:
Hello,
Just saw this.
If you are still looking, the Aastra / Mitel 6800 series can do something like 20 SIP accounts, and you can put line keys on the expansion modules. I'm not sure if that is enough, but if it can cover you for the transition, that might get you by.
-Tim
On 2015-01-25 05:13 PM, Michael Collins wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu> > <mailto:nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu>>> wrote: > > Personally I think it's nuts... but we have a number of > secretary/admin/receptionist users with Cisco expansion modules > that have the shared lines of all of the people in their department > on them. (i.e. a 7940/7960 plus the module). Usually > with some portion of the other lines set to just flash and not > audibly ring. While I'd expect that in most cases they > really would be sufficient with busy lamp, sometimes they do use it > to answer arbitrary calls for faculty that are out > of the office/etc. > > With the transitioned cisco phones on FS/mod_skinny - it works the > same way, however we're wanting to position ourselves > with suitable replacements, particularly for any departments that > want more than bare bones functionality. > > With the polycom phones, it appears to also work that way where you > can have a sip account for every line key if you > want - even including the expansion modules. > > However, on the Yealink phones (got looking at them cause of the > T46G I won at ClueCon) we found the number of accounts > very limited. > > It turns out that with the latest firmware (73.x) on the Yealink > units the count is increased on a number of the models > (to 16 on the T46 for example). The problem is that with the middle > tier ones that you'd add an expansion module to - it > doesn't really get you anything. If your base phone is limited to 6 > accounts, adding the expansion module ONLY gets you > busy-lamp or speed dials. > > We're working on getting the users "converted" to not using full > lines wherever possible, but still want options open. > > -- Nathan > > > Thanks for the explanation. I share your feelings about the T46. I love > that phone but hate the fact that you only get 6 SIP accounts. (Glad to > hear that they added more in a recent firmware - I'll test that out at > some point...) > > If you find a solution other than the Cisco one I would be interested in > hearing about it. > > Thanks, > Michael > > >
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I guess for the use case that Nathan has described, a software-based switchboard would be sufficient. The receptionist needs to know the line for which the inbound call is ringing, and busy/available status of other lines. So, a tablet with big enough touch screen would do the job, and the SIP handset would be just any standard phone. On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Brian West <brian@freeswitch.org> wrote:
Buttons, WHO needs buttons, you have two ears and one mouth, till that condition changes and people start sprouting more mouths and ears I suspect a low button count is sufficient.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu> wrote:
Looks like the Fanvil phones have the same underlying issue as the Yealinks unfortunately - # of sip accounts limited significantly below # of buttons.
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On 03/09/2015 02:43 PM, Brian West wrote:
The Fanvil phones are cheap and usable.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Tim St. Pierre < fs-list@communicatefreely.net <mailto:fs-list@communicatefreely.net>> wrote:
Hello,
Just saw this.
If you are still looking, the Aastra / Mitel 6800 series can do something like 20 SIP accounts, and you can put line keys on the expansion modules. I'm not sure if that is enough, but if it can cover you for the transition, that might get you by.
-Tim
On 2015-01-25 05:13 PM, Michael Collins wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu> > <mailto:nneul@mst.edu <mailto:nneul@mst.edu>>> wrote: > > Personally I think it's nuts... but we have a number of > secretary/admin/receptionist users with Cisco expansion modules > that have the shared lines of all of the people in their department > on them. (i.e. a 7940/7960 plus the module). Usually > with some portion of the other lines set to just flash and not > audibly ring. While I'd expect that in most cases they > really would be sufficient with busy lamp, sometimes they do use it > to answer arbitrary calls for faculty that are out > of the office/etc. > > With the transitioned cisco phones on FS/mod_skinny - it works the > same way, however we're wanting to position ourselves > with suitable replacements, particularly for any departments that > want more than bare bones functionality. > > With the polycom phones, it appears to also work that way where you > can have a sip account for every line key if you > want - even including the expansion modules. > > However, on the Yealink phones (got looking at them cause of the > T46G I won at ClueCon) we found the number of accounts > very limited. > > It turns out that with the latest firmware (73.x) on the Yealink > units the count is increased on a number of the models > (to 16 on the T46 for example). The problem is that with the middle > tier ones that you'd add an expansion module to - it > doesn't really get you anything. If your base phone is limited to 6 > accounts, adding the expansion module ONLY gets you > busy-lamp or speed dials. > > We're working on getting the users "converted" to not using full > lines wherever possible, but still want options open. > > -- Nathan > > > Thanks for the explanation. I share your feelings about the T46. I love > that phone but hate the fact that you only get 6 SIP accounts. (Glad to > hear that they added more in a recent firmware - I'll test that out at > some point...) > > If you find a solution other than the Cisco one I would be interested in > hearing about it. > > Thanks, > Michael > > >
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Brian West
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David Villasmil Govea
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Michael Collins
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Nathan Neulinger
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Stanislav Sinyagin
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Tim St. Pierre
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Yehavi Bourvine