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Joe Beineke
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
VOIP Phones with Fiberoptic |
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Anyone know of VOIP phones that have fiber connections? Our
organization has fiber to each desktop. Ethernet (and PoE for that
matter) aren't an option. Thanks for any help. |
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject:
Re: VOIP Phones with Fiberoptic |
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Joe Beineke wrote:
| Quote: | Anyone know of VOIP phones that have fiber connections? Our
organization has fiber to each desktop. Ethernet (and PoE for that
matter) aren't an option. Thanks for any help.
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It should still be Ehternet over that fiber (100BASE-F for example). In
this case you should be able to use a fiber to copper converter with
copper 100BASE-TX output, and then plug that into the phone. There may be
phones out there with fiber, but it would be a specialty part, and you'll
end up paying for it pretty much the same as for a regular phone plus a
converter. besides, you'll be limited in your choice of phones (even if
they are available)
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Joe Beineke
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:15 am Post subject:
Re: VOIP Phones with Fiberoptic |
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Thanks. We've considered the converter option, and have decided to
avoid it, if at all possible. I appreciate the input. |
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wkearney99
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: VOIP Phones with Fiberoptic |
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"Joe Beineke" <joe@beineke.com> wrote in message
news:1129925711.476718.5210@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Thanks. We've considered the converter option, and have decided to
avoid it, if at all possible. I appreciate the input.
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Fiber connectors are considerable more fragile than the RJ45 connectors used
for wired ethernet. Or USB connectors, for that matter. That and there
aren't many places that have put fiber to the desktop. The combination of
these factors makes it unlikely you'll ever find a solution for it. It's
just too expensive to bother making devices that will have a limited market.
And that when installed will probably break the connectors. Breaking those
connectors is a VERY expensive proposition. Wired ethernet can just be
trimmed a bit (assuming there's at least /some/ slack) and re-attached to
the connectors. Fiber requires a rather expensive special optical alignment
tool (or glue if you're half-assing it) to reattach something to the fiber.
So your only *effective* solutions are to use converters, use wireless, run
a few extra CAT5 cables or use USB phones connected to nearby desktop
computers (or heck, softphones for that matter).
-Bill Kearney |
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Miguel Cruz
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:16 am Post subject:
Re: VOIP Phones with Fiberoptic |
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Joe Beineke <joe@beineke.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Anyone know of VOIP phones that have fiber connections? Our
organization has fiber to each desktop. Ethernet (and PoE for that
matter) aren't an option. Thanks for any help.
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How are the phones currently connected? Pull some ethernet through there.
miguel
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