[Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Early Dial

[Brian Capouch]

Andres wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 December 2003 23:03, Brian West wrote:
> 
>>Stop using beta firmware... I honestly think that GrandStream needs to
>>either fix the phones or stop making them.. THEY SUCKS!  I think I would
>>rather eat glass than work with a grandstream phone.
> 
> We are starting to feel the same way.  After 4 months of extensive trials we 
> have found countless bugs.  Some have been fixed but many have not.  Worst of 
> all, new firmware seems to break things that worked fine on old firmware.  We 
> have stopped purchases completely and our now beginning trials with the 
> SPA2000.  I hope the SPA2000 really lives up to its promises, otherwise we 
> are stuck with the ATA186.  It is the only adapter that has worked flawlessly 
> on our network for almost 1 year now.  
> 

Well just to round out the opinion-set: I have several of the 101s, and 
I use two of them every day for pretty much every call I make.

There are a few things about them that are suboptimal: low speakerphone 
volume and the need to press the buttons squarely, but overall I think 
they're a fine instrument for the money, and we haven't had any issues 
with them whatsoever.

So I suppose it all comes down to what you're trying to do with them; 
mine are simple station instruments that don't do anything fancy with 
the f/w.

FWIW.

B.