[Asterisk-Users] Opinions on Cisco 7960G, Polycom IP-600, and Snom 360

[Dean Collins]

Daniel, lots of info on this already in the forum, do some searching of
the archives. 

A lot of Cisco buyers have chosen to go with Polycom IP500's for our
exact same reason.

Cheers,
Dean


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Bingham
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:36 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Opinions on Cisco 7960G, Polycom IP-600,and
Snom
> 360
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We are planning to replace our current PBX with an Asterisk / SIP
> solution, and are now trying to decide which phones to get.  My first
> thought was the Cisco 7960G, but the Cisco licensing scheme irritates
me
> enough that I'll probably end up going with either the Polycom IP-600
or
> Snom 360.
> 
> If anyone has any opinions of these phones, especially in comparison
to
> each other, I would really appreciate hearing them.  Is there a reason
> you would recommend one of these phones over the others, or any reason
> why you would steer people away from a particular model?
> 
> This is for a small office, with only 8-10 phones.  A receptionist and
a
> couple of office staff will be responsible for watching the "office"
> line(s), and three or four support reps will be watching a technical
> support queue.  Our environment dictates that we move around a lot,
and
> not necessarily be tied to our workstations, so being able to take
calls
> from any given phone is an important consideration.  In the same vein,
> knowing the status of other staff (i.e. if they are on a call or idle)
> would be very useful, and is something we are used to with our current
> setup.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Daniel Bingham
> dan at apci.net
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