[Asterisk-biz] Business Phones

[Steve Totaro]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ron Arts
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:26 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Business Phones
> 
> Alistair Cunningham wrote:
> > Kenneth,
> >
> > Without a doubt, Cisco phones are the best if you're willing to pay the
> > money. 7960s are very powerful - up to 6 lines, XML services running
> 
> Take a look at the Polycom range. They are on a par with cisco, but a lot
> cheaper.
> 
> > Avaya phones are not bad, though not as good as Cisco. I've only ever
> > seen them attached to an Avaya IP PBX, not standalone (though it may be
> > possible to run them standalone).
> 
> One of the Avaya phones supports SIP, never tried it though.
> 
> > Siemens VoIP phones are similar
> > quality. They're both on par with the better small brands, such as SNOM,
> > and considerably better than Grandstream.
> >
> 
> We have good experiences with SNOM, but they have a limited
> product range.
> 
> Ron Arts
> 

I like snom as well and the company actually works with and supports the
asterisk community even though they have their own competing softswitch
products.