DECT VOIP phones
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DECT predates VoIP. It's great for replacing the cabled portion of the phone. It's what house wireless phones have been for decades. It's great for low latency wireless.
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Thanks Scott.
Any suggestions on WiFi phones? I saw a post of @scottalanmiller's on SW a few years ago that mentioned that WiFi phones weren't very good. Is that still the case? I'm looking for a phone that I can roam my campus with in addition to ones that stay sorta near the base station.
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WiFi phones have improved by WiFi is inherently not a great technology for phones. DECT is designed for wireless voice.
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@scottalanmiller said:
WiFi phones have improved by WiFi is inherently not a great technology for phones. DECT is designed for wireless voice.
OK, do they making roaming DECT?
I have two buildings that share a single network, I'd like to be able to take my phone with me from building to building.. sure I could probably do a SIP client on a cell phone, but we don't pay for employee cell phones... and management doesn't want to ask employees to use personal equipment, past experience has shown that employees ask to be compensated when using personal equipment.
This makes me wonder how BOYD works so well? Probably a different level of employee.
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Yes, that's what big companies tend to use.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Yes, that's what big companies tend to use.
What? a SIP client on cell phones?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Yes, that's what big companies tend to use.
What? a SIP client on cell phones?
I was responding to if there was roaming DECT. Big companies needing roaming wireless tend to use roaming DECT.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Yes, that's what big companies tend to use.
What? a SIP client on cell phones?
I was responding to if there was roaming DECT. Big companies needing roaming wireless tend to use roaming DECT.
OK time to find one.. thanks.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender http://www.internetvoipphone.co.uk/blog/dect-roaming
The unit they are trying to sell still only supports 6 SIP Accounts. Remember with DECT the sip connection is made on the basestation not the phone, the phone knows nothing of the SIP Account, so each base station needs the account. There are enterprise ones that will form a Mesh and share data.
I do know Lowe's has been switching from DECT to Wifi phones.
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NEC makes some larger DECT Systems.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender http://www.internetvoipphone.co.uk/blog/dect-roaming
The unit they are trying to sell still only supports 6 SIP Accounts. Remember with DECT the sip connection is made on the basestation not the phone, the phone knows nothing of the SIP Account, so each base station needs the account. There are enterprise ones that will form a Mesh and share data.
I do know Lowe's has been switching from DECT to Wifi phones.
Yep just thought it was interesting. Is that a limitation on DECT's end with the number of channel's available?
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender http://www.internetvoipphone.co.uk/blog/dect-roaming
I do know Lowe's has been switching from DECT to Wifi phones.
I heard about this, are they doing a full roll out or still in the in-store testing phase?
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@coliver said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender http://www.internetvoipphone.co.uk/blog/dect-roaming
The unit they are trying to sell still only supports 6 SIP Accounts. Remember with DECT the sip connection is made on the basestation not the phone, the phone knows nothing of the SIP Account, so each base station needs the account. There are enterprise ones that will form a Mesh and share data.
I do know Lowe's has been switching from DECT to Wifi phones.
Yep just thought it was interesting. Is that a limitation on DECT's end with the number of channel's available?
It's a limitation of the device. NECs will do 11 per basestation which can all join together in a Mesh
http://th.nec.com/en_TH/product/telephony/ipdec/ap300.html
http://th.nec.com/en_TH/product/telephony/ipdec/g355.html? -
@thecreativeone91 said:
@coliver said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender http://www.internetvoipphone.co.uk/blog/dect-roaming
The unit they are trying to sell still only supports 6 SIP Accounts. Remember with DECT the sip connection is made on the basestation not the phone, the phone knows nothing of the SIP Account, so each base station needs the account. There are enterprise ones that will form a Mesh and share data.
I do know Lowe's has been switching from DECT to Wifi phones.
Yep just thought it was interesting. Is that a limitation on DECT's end with the number of channel's available?
It's a limitation of the device. NECs will do 11 per basestation which can all join together in a Mesh
http://th.nec.com/en_TH/product/telephony/ipdec/ap300.html
http://th.nec.com/en_TH/product/telephony/ipdec/g355.html?Ah ok, thanks for that info.
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I only need one or two phones to be mobile throughout our buildings... so buying two WiFi phones will probably be easier than dealing with DECT base stations all over. In clinic, the phones will stay within 50 m of the base station, so that won't be a problem.
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@Dashrender said:
I only need one or two phones to be mobile throughout our buildings... so buying two WiFi phones will probably be easier than dealing with DECT base stations all over. In clinic, the phones will stay within 50 m of the base station, so that won't be a problem.
You could just download a VoIP app on your smart phone and connect it to Wifi... it would probably amount to the same thing... just less expensive. I assume you have a smart phone?
I enjoy Zoiper.
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@Dashrender said:
I only need one or two phones to be mobile throughout our buildings... so buying two WiFi phones will probably be easier than dealing with DECT base stations all over. In clinic, the phones will stay within 50 m of the base station, so that won't be a problem.
Yeah for DECT to work well you would need to deploy APs just like you would 802.11 APs.
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I remember seeing some posts in Spiceworks about Spectralink Wifi phones but have never tried them myself. As @Minion-Queen said earlier, we use a number of the W52P phones, and our users love them.
I will say this as well about wifi phones - if your wireless APs do not allow a seamless handoff, I would think you are going to get audio drops on a call if one is active when walking through an area where the phone is trying to move from AP to AP.
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@NetworkNerd said:
I will say this as well about wifi phones - if your wireless APs do not allow a seamless handoff, I would think you are going to get audio drops on a call if one is active when walking through an area where the phone is trying to move from AP to AP.
This would be tolerable as long as the call stays, but even if the call dropped... being able to take your phone with you and people can find you where ever you are in the building will be handy.
