DECT VOIP phones
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The W52P is limited to 5 handsets and 4 simultaneous calls. Any solutions that handle more?
What about roaming? Can handsets roam from DECT base station to base station?
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I have seen sites with multiple base stations and they have all dect handsets. So this is possible to have more.
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@Dashrender said:
What about roaming? Can handsets roam from DECT base station to base station?
No, they have IDs and have to be tied to the base station. Usually the sip information for each phone is set in the base station, not the phone and can not roam.
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@Dashrender said:
The W52P is limited to 5 handsets and 4 simultaneous calls. Any solutions that handle more?
You would get multiple sets. You really wouldn't too many on one single base station anyway.
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@Dashrender said:
The W52P is limited to 5 handsets and 4 simultaneous calls. Any solutions that handle more?
What about roaming? Can handsets roam from DECT base station to base station?
The base station is the one holding all the configuration information (at least in our setup) and the handset is registered to the base station. I doubt they can do roaming at that point.
You could always get multiple base stations.
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@coliver said:
The base station is the one holding all the configuration information (at least in our setup) and the handset is registered to the base station. I doubt they can do roaming at that point.
Yeah. That's the way DECT works. Remember this is not VoIP specific technology.
If you wanted roaming you'd get the expensive Wifi phones.
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I've picked up one W52P and so far it's OK - I hope to stand up my Elastix server today and some VOIP.MS trunks do a more thorough test.
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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?
