On Buy.com I came across a VoIP phone listed for $19.99. The product description catches my eye because it says "VoIP/Skype Desktop IP Phone w/Digital Answering System - Use Your Internet Connection to Make Calls! - PH210-PB". So it's a Skype VoIP phone with a digital answering machine. Intriguing. I decide to check out the rest of the specifications. I'm curious if this is also a SIP phone. Buy.com says it supports the H.323 v2 protocol. H.323? How ancient! I scan for SIP, but no mention of it. I'm beginning to wonder if that explains how this product is only $19.99.I come across another website Geeks.com, which lists the full specifications:
Features/Specifications:
- PH210 VoIP Desktop IP Phone
- General Features:
- Integrated digital answering machine with up to 20 minutes of recording time
- Supports ITU-T H.323 v2 protocol
- 2 x 16 character LCD display
- 38-key keypad
- Caller ID
- Hold, call transfer function
- Data and time function
- Red LED indicators
- Works with Gatekeepers and Gateways
- Enable P2P (Peer-to-peer) connections without Gatekeepers and Gateways
- Firmware upgradeable through network by TFTP
- Phone Functions:
- Full duplex speakerphone
- Handset/speaker phone volume adjustment
- Ring volume adjustment
- Music on hold
- Ten (10) Speed dial
- Phone book
- Dialing Method:
- Phone to phone
- Address translated via H.323 Gatekeeper
- Buttons:
- Menu
- Speed dial
- Phone book
- Cancel
- OK
- Navigation button
- DAM/Message (Digital Answering Machine)
- DAM Setting
- M1 - M10
- 0 - 9 numeric keypad
- * button
- # button
- Speaker on/off
- Function
- Flash
- Redial
- Hold
- Ports:
- Two (1) 10/100Base-T RJ-45 Ethernet ports (PC and LAN)
- One (1) RJ-11 Line port
- DC in 9V power plug
- Specifications:
- Protocol: ITU-T H.323 v2
- Codec: G.711, G.723.1
- Voice Quality: VAD (Voice Activity Detection)
- CNG (Comfort Noise Generation)
- AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation) G.168
- QoS: IEEE 802.1Pq. VLAN, ToS field identify
- Tone: DTMF, Ring tone, Ring back, Back tone, Dial tone
- TCP/IP: Static and DHCP for IP address assignment
- PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet for ADSL environment)
- SNTP (Network Time Protocol)
- DNS (Domain Name Service)
- Configuration: Profile download
- Web setup
- Key and LCD
- Operation Temperature: 0 ~ 40°C
- Humidity: 5% to 95 %
- Unit Dimensions:
- 2.25 x 6.6 x 8.6-inches (H x W x D. approximate)
