Somebody is also going to have to come up with an alternate option to interface VOIP phones than using POE switches and 4 pair cable. Cost and length limitations alone hurt large installations. Using a single pair for data and power has served the industry well. There should be an option for this
Its been done already.
Cisco will release a full size desk phone by years end. I have seen it at a local Cisco office and it is cool. Price is extremly competative.
All I want to do is hang a KSU on the wall, connect the POTS CO Lines and run one or two pairs to each phone. I want to be able to simply program from a predefined feature set using a phone or a GUI interface.
How about this -
Programming a Cisco UC system - they are GUI interfaces so you can just plug in the system, connect your choice of CO lines, install an AP for the wireless desk phones(very soon)or connect them to the cabled network, use your predefined feature set and your done.
No blocks, brackets, cross wires, labeling of blocks, no Desi labels.
Quicker than a typical TDM install.
Don't knock it until you try it. It really is not that hard.
