[Asterisk-Users] Which IP phone to use in Australia

[Howard Lowndes]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:43, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:13 +1100, Rudolf Ladyzhenskii wrote:
> > Hi, all
> > 
> > I am in Australia and I have to setup Asterisk in few offices. There will be IP phones in each office and I must be able to call between offices.
> > 
> > I need actual handsets. I need "standard" handsets to be used by people. Those must support features like CID, call forward, etc. --- your normal office feature set.
> > Also I need some sort of more complex handset to be used by receptionist.
> > 
> > The main problem is that I am in Australia and I need to get phones that can be sourced in Australia. (correct power supplies, certified for australia, etc..)
> > 
> > I did look at supported h/w list and I am going to go through all of those companies, but I have no idea on how good/bad those phones are. I really need some advise here. 
> 
> Personally, I quite like the polycom phones such as the IP300 and IP600
> I've never really bothered with the IP500...
> 
> They are pretty good as far as admin functionality (control based on FTP
> files) as well as very functional (user side) and very good quality (low
> fail rate, look/feel good, excellent audio, etc)
> 
> There are a few issues I have with them though, the main one being that
> I can't disable call waiting on the phone. There are workarounds for
> this though (in asterisk dialplan).

...which is something to be said for the HOP 1002 - you can disable call
waiting.

> 
> Just my 0.02c worth.
> 
> Regards,
> Adam
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