[Asterisk-Users] Polycom IP 300 PoE?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Noah Miller wrote:
> I'm ordering some more phones - I have the Polycom IP 500's now and I 
> like them.  I need some less expensive phones, and I'd like to stay with 
> all Polycoms for ease of administration.  I've heard, though, that the 
> IP 300's don't support PoE even though their brochures say they do.  Has 
> anybody have firsthand experience with them?  Is this true?

None of the Polycom phones support PoE directly, but all of them support 
it via an external PoE adapter cable that Polycom makes available. It's 
about $40 retail, though.