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Posted by Joe Beineke on October 21, 2005, 7:10 am
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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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Posted by Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com on October 21, 2005, 6:33 pm
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Joe Beineke wrote:
> 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.
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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Posted by Joe Beineke on October 21, 2005, 1:15 pm
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avoid it, if at all possible. I appreciate the input.
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Posted by wkearney99 on October 22, 2005, 10:59 am
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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.
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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Posted by Miguel Cruz on October 23, 2005, 2:16 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > 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.
How are the phones currently connected? Pull some ethernet through there.
miguel
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