[asterisk-biz] Which is better SPA94x series or Polycom 430

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On 5/16/07, Andreas van dem Helge <joakimsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/16/07, Mandeep Singh Bhabha <mandeep.bhabha at ponimanie.spb.ru> wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >         I have a project for deploying asterisk in one small office. I need
> > professional sugestion in selection for sip hardware phones.
> >         which of the following hardware is better.
> > Linksys SPA 941/942 or polycom 430 phone
> >         or some other phones main criteria is cost, quality and functionality.
>
> The only problem with the Linksys is that:
>
> 1) They will not officially give out the provision details.

What do you mean by that? I have them provisioned using http and it works great.

> 2) There is no way to reject inbound calls. You must let it ring. No "ignore"

Neither does a panasonic, avaya, or you name it have this. This is a
feature that is a plus, but I don't think it should be one that should
allow making a decision on a phone.

>
> Otherwise there is no doubt that I would suggest the Linksys.
>
> Polycom also refuse to give end users their firmware. Only the older versions.

They do give it thru the resellers.

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