[Asterisk-biz] SIP phones in an Enterprise

[dbruce]

Although the Cisco line of IP phones are very nice, I would reccomend taking
a good hard look at the Polycom line of phones.

The Polycoms have sound quality that is every bit as good as the Ciscos,
have higher resolution displays (IP 50X and IP60X), have more usability
features (proper auto-answer, Instant messaging and presence), do not have
an ambiguous upgrade procedure, and then to be less expensive than the
Ciscos.

regards,
Derek Bruce
BananaTel Communications



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Phillips" <g7ltt at g7ltt.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"
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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] SIP phones in an Enterprise


> Many folks swear by the Cisco range of phones. They are relatively cheap
> at around US$280 each and can come in a variety of flavours.
>
> The "standard" phone would be a 7960. The "executive" would be a 7980
> (its got a colour screen) and the "basic" would be a 7940.
>
> I like them because they can be "branded" to your organisation. The
> large LCD display can have things like your corporate logo diplayed on
> it; management like all that crap.
>
> You can also do things like add to the ringtone pool and add XML type
> web pages for local info like weather or the company stock price.
>
> Try voipsupply.com (speak to Garret) for exact prices.
>
> Mark
> (5 * servers installed and rising!)
>
>
>
> Shayne Dunlop wrote:
> > We are a municipality with 400 phones on an old proprietary phone PBX.
> > Our initial look as Asterisk (installed and running 5 phones) is working
> > well and we hope to utilise it throughout the organization. One of our
> > next steps is to pick a phone set manufacturer that we can standardize
> > across the enterprise. I believe we are a typical organization with
> > three levels of handsets depending on the job function. I expect someone
> > has already gone down this road of enterprise phone set selection and
> > would like to hear about any results they would share with us. Please
> > answer thru this mailing list or directly to sdunlop at dnv.org
> > Shayne Dunlop
> > District of North Vancouver
> >
> >
> >
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