Re: Voice Over IP

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Hi Dan,

Thanks for the reply.

The phones on eBay are Cisco CP-30VIP (try the url http://tinyurl.com/ak51),
but as I understand it this model has to be used with Cisco's own call
manager software.  I've been trying to see if it's possible to flash them
with a different firmware to make them SIP compatible, but so far no
success.  They're very cheap though, £40 each brand new boxed.

I've just visited FWD and signed up, so now all I need is to decide on and
find some inexpensive phones.  What phones are you using?  I'll probably be
going for some USB models for rooms that have PC's in them, but I'd want
stand alone units for all the other rooms.

Thanks,

Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan" <dtoma@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Voice Over IP


Hi Martyn,

I cannot see the page from your link.
What IP phone is about?
Cisco has some SIP phones too (7940 / 7960 or ATA-186/188), so you are not
more stuck with proprietary protocols.

It is a good choice to have VoIP phones in each room (hardware/ software or
combined: see Actiontec's USB Internet Phone Wizard)...
Then open a FWD account for each one and you can call each other for free
and even your overseas friends. (see http://fwd.pulver.com for details)
You can use a PC2Phone provider ( many available on the net) and then call
regular phones too.

Mainly two protocols are used now for residential users: SIP and H.323, so
the majority of the available hardware IP phones use one or both of those
protocols.
FWD uses SIP

I have something like this for each family member and it is great...

If you need further assistance drop me a mail.

Best regards,
Dan



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mailing Lists" <mailing.lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:46 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Voice Over IP


> Hi,
>
> Anybody had any experience with VOIP telephones?  Are they easy to set
up
/
> use?  With LAN connectivity in nearly every room it occured to me that
> installing VOIP telephones would offer intercom facilities between
rooms.
> With ADSL installed it should also cut down costs on overseas calls
> (assuming other end party has a VOIP telephone, or we use a VOIP
gateway
in
> the country where the call is destined for).
>
> These have come up on ebay and seem ridiculously cheap:
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=176&item=3020299881
&rd=1
>
> But I believe that they need to use proprietry software from CISCO
which
is
> no longer available.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts / advice!
>
> Martyn
>
>
>
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