June, 2011

the Deployment

Posted by on Jun 12, 2011 in Business VoIP | 20 comments

the Deployment
RECENT PBX INSTALL

Xorcom XR2072, 1 PRI, 8 FXO, 8FXS ports

Channels: PRI from Access One

PoE: 3 Zyxel ES2024pwr switches, 1 airlink 8port PoE for two cubicles

Sets: 36 Cisco SPA504G, 2 spa500 sidecars, 34 plantronic headsets

Cabling: used phone’s LAN port, client has only one CAT5-Jack

 

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the Phone

Posted by on Jun 10, 2011 in Business VoIP | 4 comments

the Phone

Since 2004, when I first discovered Asterisk, I’ve tried several different models/manufactures:
Sipoura: 841
Polycom: IP500, IP430,
Linksys: Spa 921, 941, 942, 962
Yealink: T-20p
Cisco: Spa 504G, 509G, 525G
Grandstream: 1200, 2000, 2120

Hands down, my favorite are the Cisco SPA series.  Our business clients love the styling, speaker phone, and sound quality.

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