[UPHPU] Asterisk

[Gary Thornock]

--- Ash <ashovi at qwest.net> wrote:
> Gary Thornock wrote:
>> --- Ash <ashovi at qwest.net> wrote:
>>   
>>> To those of you running asterisk at work, what do you use
>>> for hardware?  Did you go with the digium cards, or another
>>> brand?  What about actual phones, etc?
>>>     
>>
>> Our current Asterisk server has a Digium card to handle the
>> phone lines, and we use Polycom for the actual phones.  We're
>> thinking of building a new one, though, using a VOIP provider.
>> If we do that, we won't need any Digium cards: the incoming
>> "lines" will be over ethernet just like the phones.
>>
>>   
> Cool, but how do you connect the handsets to the system? Or are
> they ethernet too?

Yes.  Polycom has a line of SIP (VOIP, ethernet) phones, which are
the ones we're using.  Cisco, Linksys and Grandstream also make
ethernet phones, as do a number of other manufacturers.  We like
the Polycom phones for sound quality.