[cisco-voip] gigabit to the desktop!

[Nate VanMaren]

Really?

List price difference between a 7942 and a 7945 is $95.

On the 2960S switches a GIG POE port averages $152 list.  (With the Low being $135)

On the 2960 Switches a FE POE port averages $99 list.

So for $148 list you’ve got a Gig phone and network with a nice color screen.  That is less than the cost the cost of a second switch port and a 2nd cable run.  But I agree you need the 2nd cable anyways.

It is much faster to do most everything on gig network vs 100mb.  Serialization delay makes a noticeable difference, not just the faster throughput.  Years ago an average desktop couldn’t fill a 100mb pipe, now anything can, and some can fill 1000mb.

My 2 cents.

-Nate

From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Norton, Mike
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 3:25 PM
To: Lelio Fulgenzi; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] gigabit to the desktop!

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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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net]<mailto:[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<mailto: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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