[cisco-voip] gigabit to the desktop!

[Norton, Mike]

Cisco phones are too damn expensive. I still buy 7942’s and could put in a second Ethernet drop and use up another switchport for less money than buying gigabit phones. We are gradually “forklifting” all our cabling (one whole building at a time – nice thing about working in an industry that totally shuts down 2 months of the year) for other reasons, so by the time gig-to-the-desk is a serious concern, every spot will have two drops anyway – just like TIA/EIA 568 says you’re supposed to.

But actually haven’t done any gig-to-the-desk yet. Well… I guess technically we’ve done a bit but I put “speed auto 10 100” on all of it. The switches were chosen ‘cause they were a good price not ‘cause they happened to be gigabit. :-)

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Mike Norton
I.T. Support
Peace Wapiti School Division No. 76
Helpdesk: 780-831-3080
Direct: 780-831-3076




From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
Sent: September-09-11 1:53 PM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] gigabit to the desktop!

I can imagine that several of your organizations are going through some network equipment refresh and installing gigabit connectivity to the desktop. What in this case are you doing for telephones? Are you performing forklift upgrades in this areas and installing gigabit phones? Or are you replacing them as required? How are you dealing with the disparity in service level when you compare a monochrome 7940/42 with a colour 7945?

General comments are welcome....

Lelio

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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
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