[MustardMan]

Is this cool or what...tehe!!

KSUless P2P VoIP phone system. This is pretty much exactly what I have been looking for. I was seriously looking at Asterisk but this solution looks sooooooo much better for small to medium businesses that only need a KSU type of system.
www.aastra.com/enterpriseip/pro_228.asp

The thing that really sits well with me and just makes sense is the fact it is truly a P2P VoIP system. All the traditional KSU/PBX features such as voicemail, autoattendant, call transfer etc. are decentralized among all the VoIP phones in the system. Not sure how it works but Nimcat Networks has several patents on it. This sounds like a winner to me upon first glance.
www.nimcatnetworks.com

[datarax]

How much is it?

I found it.

The system is available immediately from current Aastra distributors. Suggested retail pricing is $379.00 USD and $289.00 USD for the VentureIP 480i and the VentureIP Gateway respectively.

That's like $4000 for ten phones and a gateway compared to a pc, linux, asterisk and 10 841's. Looks like about $4000 vs $1400 but it is probably a lot easier. Have you looked at Ondo running on windows?

[MustardMan]

Originally Posted by datarax

How much is it?

I found it.

The system is available immediately from current Aastra distributors. Suggested retail pricing is $379.00 USD and $289.00 USD for the VentureIP 480i and the VentureIP Gateway respectively.

That's like $4000 for ten phones and a gateway compared to a pc, linux, asterisk and 10 841's. Looks like about $4000 vs $1400 but it is probably a lot easier. Have you looked at Ondo running on windows?

Not sure where you found those prices. You can get the phone for about $250US and the gateway for about $200US at several places.

Apples and oranges anyways! Your comparing a cheap phone with an expensive one and you get what you pay for. Yes, in this case you are forced to use the 480i. Once cheaper phones become available with the nimcat software then....well it's a no brainer. No goofing around with linux, hard drives, fans and all that other scary stuff and theoretically cheaper once there are cheaper phone options.

[sk3-483]

I've been very curious about this system. I seems like a strong alternative to Asterisk for someone who doesn't care to learn * administration. Perhaps it's not as flexible, but it might be very good for small businesses.

Michael

[PhoneBoy]

Asterisk@Home makes it fairly straightforward to deal with, though.

[sk3-483]

What I'd really like to know is if this system will deal with ITSPs and an Asterisk server. It looks like a great zero maintainance phone system but I'd be concerned about is adaptability to specific applications.

Michael

[MustardMan]

It is mean't as a KSUless KSU so it has connectivity limitations just like a KSU. If you want connectivity with 3rd party hardware/software then this is probably not your solution.

I read one review that said the gateway to PSTN sound quality was not great. I guess they cheaped out a bit on that. Too bad.