[asterisk-users] Which IP phones have best voice quality, preferably under $150

[Joe Dennick]

The quality issues you describe may not be the fault of the individual 
phones!  The quality of the PSTN connection, and the hardware through 
which it's connected can play as big a part in this scenario.  The 
quality of the internal network with 50 IP Phones could also be part of 
the problem.

It sounds like cost is a leading factor in purchasing decisions, so if 
the same factors applied to building wiring and network equipment, you 
could have much bigger problems than just the quality of the individual 
phone sets.  Has there been a network study using tools such as Qcheck 
to determine whether the LAN is capable of handling 50 IP phones?

What about the server on which Asterisk is running?  Again, with cost 
being a factor, is this server capable of supporting the load? Does it 
have sufficient memory and capacity to run efficiently?

I would evaluate my infrastructure before I spent more money replacing 
50 phones.  I certainly wouldn't want to be in front of the boss's desk 
trying to explain why we spent all this money on new phones and the 
voice quality still sucks!

Good luck!

Zeeshan Zakaria wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> I have to buy some IP phones. Previously I have used Grandstream 
> GXP-2000, Budgetone 101 and Linksys SPA-841. I always had problems 
> with sound quality with all of them, and I was always of the opinion 
> that it were the phones which were not good. In GXP-2000 deployment of 
> about 50 phones, some work good, some have sound problems like words 
> missing, clicking sounds when talking, and some don't work at all 
> (probably defective).
>  
> What good phone are out there which will work perfectly and will not 
> be expensive. Should be $150 or maximum $200.
>
> -- 
> Zeeshan A Zakaria
>
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