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Does anyone produce a all in one DECT, PSTN & VoIP answer phone?
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| Andy Davies 2007-05-30, 7:11 am |
| Our dect system is on it's last legs and I'm looking for things to
replace it with.
Ideally I'd like an all-in-one box that's cordless can connect to the
PSTN, a VoIP service and has an answering machine build in too, but I
can't find one - do they exist?
I've seem the Siemens C460 range which looks nice but of course
doesn't have an answer phone.
Cheers
Andy
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| Paul Hayes 2007-05-30, 7:11 am |
| Andy Davies wrote:
> Our dect system is on it's last legs and I'm looking for things to
> replace it with.
>
> Ideally I'd like an all-in-one box that's cordless can connect to the
> PSTN, a VoIP service and has an answering machine build in too, but I
> can't find one - do they exist?
>
> I've seem the Siemens C460 range which looks nice but of course
> doesn't have an answer phone.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
I assume you want an answering machine just for your PSTN line?
I think the best solution at the moment would be a Siemens C460IP or
S450IP (which has multiple SIP registrations and multiple calls) and a
plain-old answering machine. Then use a splitter on the PSTN line,
connect one wire to the PSTN input on the Siemens phone and the other to
the answering machine.
I'm not aware of any DECT IP phone which has an answering machine
built-in at this time.
cheers,
Paul.
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| Gordon Henderson 2007-05-30, 7:11 am |
| In article <1180517886.841774.97380@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Andy Davies <dajdavies@gmail.com> wrote:
>Our dect system is on it's last legs and I'm looking for things to
>replace it with.
>
>Ideally I'd like an all-in-one box that's cordless can connect to the
>PSTN, a VoIP service and has an answering machine build in too, but I
>can't find one - do they exist?
>
>I've seem the Siemens C460 range which looks nice but of course
>doesn't have an answer phone.
They are nice - having a bit of trouble getting hold on them in the UK
right now, but Siemens have assured me they've not end of lined them!
A 3-box solution would be an ATA, with BT & Ethernet connections on
the outside and standard single analogue socket on the inside, then a
splitter going to a stand-alone answering machine and a separate DECT
base station - or use a combined DECT Base + Answering machine for a
2-box solution... But still much spaghetti though...
Gordon
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| Andy Davies 2007-05-30, 7:11 am |
| On May 30, 10:57 am, Paul Hayes <nomailfo...@polog40.org.uk> wrote:
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> I assume you want an answering machine just for your PSTN line?
>
Ideally I'd like a single answering machine that covers both the PSTN
and the VoIP lines
>
> I'm not aware of any DECT IP phone which has an answering machine
> built-in at this time.
>
Yeh, that was my conclusion after having a look around.
Thanks
Andy
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| Paul Hayes wrote:
> I'm not aware of any DECT IP phone which has an answering machine
> built-in at this time.
>
But it is in Siemens' road map. Whether there will be a UK variant,
and whether it is ever going to happen, I don't know.
Tim
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| Bob Templeman 2007-05-30, 7:11 am |
| Whatever you choose make sure that your new box is compatible with BTs new
generation of exchanges vide http://www.switchedonuk.org/home/ switched-on
will move the BT's network technology to a system based on Internet Protocol
technology, also known as IP etc. Otherwise you will join the hapless
purchasers of current DAB radios which will be useless for the new planned
transmission protocol!!
See http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/
Bob
"Andy Davies" <dajdavies@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180517886.841774.97380@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Our dect system is on it's last legs and I'm looking for things to
> replace it with.
>
> Ideally I'd like an all-in-one box that's cordless can connect to the
> PSTN, a VoIP service and has an answering machine build in too, but I
> can't find one - do they exist?
>
> I've seem the Siemens C460 range which looks nice but of course
> doesn't have an answer phone.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
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| ßødincµs²°°° 2007-05-30, 1:11 pm |
| Recently, Gordon Henderson popped out over the fence
around uk.telecom.voip and said...
|In article <1180517886.841774.97380@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
|Andy Davies <dajdavies@gmail.com> wrote:
|>Our dect system is on it's last legs and I'm looking for things to
|>replace it with.
|>
|>Ideally I'd like an all-in-one box that's cordless can connect to the
|>PSTN, a VoIP service and has an answering machine build in too, but I
|>can't find one - do they exist?
|>
|>I've seem the Siemens C460 range which looks nice but of course
|>doesn't have an answer phone.
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|They are nice - having a bit of trouble getting hold on them in the UK
|right now, but Siemens have assured me they've not end of lined them!
|
|A 3-box solution would be an ATA, with BT & Ethernet connections on
|the outside and standard single analogue socket on the inside, then a
|splitter going to a stand-alone answering machine and a separate DECT
|base station - or use a combined DECT Base + Answering machine for a
|2-box solution... But still much spaghetti though...
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|Gordon
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Siemens C460 or S460 plus their C46 / S46 additional handsets available
here, how many do you want? :-)
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| Tim wrote:
> Paul Hayes wrote:
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> But it is in Siemens' road map. Whether there will be a UK variant,
> and whether it is ever going to happen, I don't know.
That's an interesting comment. It's not like the UK is massively behind the
rest of Europe in terms of broadband penetration, so why do you think that
might be the case? Surely they'll just turn up on eBay anyway if there's
demand?
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| Gordon Henderson 2007-05-30, 1:11 pm |
| In article <MPG.20c7a587c6bf8c8e98973e@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
ßødincµs²°°° <this.em@il.is.invalid> wrote:
>Siemens C460 or S460 plus their C46 / S46 additional handsets available
>here, how many do you want? :-)
Email me or let me know your website address. My email is valid.
Gordon
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| Hongtian 2007-05-31, 7:11 am |
| On 30 May, 18:33, Andy Davies <dajdav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 30, 10:57 am, Paul Hayes <nomailfo...@polog40.org.uk> wrote:
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> Ideally I'd like a single answering machine that covers both the PSTN
> and the VoIP lines
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>
>
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> Yeh, that was my conclusion after having a look around.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
I suggest following solution:
(1) Use an ATA to connect your PSTN, answer machine to SIP server.
(2) Put these lines, both PSTN and VOIP, and answer machine to the
same ring group.
Then, when receive an incoming call, all of them will ring and your
answer machine can answer the call.
miniSipServer is a software based SIP server, it can provide ring
group service.
Have a try.
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| alexd wrote:
> That's an interesting comment. It's not like the UK is massively behind the
> rest of Europe in terms of broadband penetration, so why do you think that
> might be the case? Surely they'll just turn up on eBay anyway if there's
> demand?
The minimum order quantities are quite large. Therefore you have to be
really sure a product is going to fly before committing what is a large
amount of cash.
Tim
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| Andy Davies 2007-06-01, 1:11 pm |
| On 31 May, 09:33, Hongtian <hongtian.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I suggest following solution:
> (1) Use an ATA to connect your PSTN, answer machine to SIP server.
> (2) Put these lines, both PSTN and VOIP, and answer machine to the
> same ring group.
>
That's the type of spaghetti I'm trying to avoid :-)
I know it's not available in the UK, but has anyone any views on the
Siemens C455IP?
Apart from the clunky looking handsets it appears to do what I want.
Cheers
Andy
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| LVMarc 2007-06-06, 7:11 pm |
| Andy Davies wrote:
> Our dect system is on it's last legs and I'm looking for things to
> replace it with.
>
> Ideally I'd like an all-in-one box that's cordless can connect to the
> PSTN, a VoIP service and has an answering machine build in too, but I
> can't find one - do they exist?
>
> I've seem the Siemens C460 range which looks nice but of course
> doesn't have an answer phone.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
Andy,
there is a great device that will take inputs fro both the voip and pstn
lines, and combine them onto a single line automatically. there are
extra break out jack out(surge protected, too.
link here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...69203&rd=1&rd=1
this way you can use all your single line equipment and get two line
(pstn pstn) or Pstn voip) all automatically swtiched to one point. then
your exsitng low cost equipment can do it all!
Marco
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| Ed Straker 2007-06-08, 1:11 pm |
| On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:14:43 -0700, LVMarc <LVMarc@att.net> wrote:
>there is a great device that will take inputs fro both the voip and pstn
>lines, and combine them onto a single line automatically. there are
>extra break out jack out(surge protected, too.
>
>link here
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ <snip>
I think it would be a good idea to state that you are the seller of
this item. The way that you have pointed out this 'great find' stinks
of spam to me.
Ed.
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