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Cisco's Wi-Fi Phone

Posted by timothy on from the check-your-terms-of-service dept.

Forbes.com has a quick look at Wi-Fi-enabled VOIP phone. If a company deploys it in more than one location you can take the phone with you, and it acts just like the phone on your desk. Calls across the country or potentially across the ocean can be as free as a call across the office. There's also plans to incorporate support for wireless phone networks.

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  1. and it'll be illegal in... by Dubber · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...at least 7 states:
    Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Virginia
    if not more later this year or next:
    Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
    Check out http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/superdmca.html for status updates.

    For Tennessee activities against this bill see: The Tennessee Digital Freedom pages

    --
    Your complaints about being offended offend me.
  2. Cost of implementation by psyconaut · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did the original poster realize that you need a Catalyst switch and a bunch of other expensive Cisco software to get this thing working?!

    Granted, compared to a large scale Merdiain 1 implementation it ain't expensive, but it's not quite as simple as buying a $595 phone and a WiFi base station!

    -psy