[SPAM??] Re: [asterisk-users] My Phone Review- Large Scale Corp Deployment.

[Matthew Mackes (Webmail)]

Thank you for your message-

I have held a Linksys/ Sipura. It looks nice, however the model I saw 
was $125 for two line appearances. Aastra offers 12 line appearances in 
their 9000 series phone for about the same price. Check out 
www*aastratelecom*com/ipphones/pro_240*asp

I have found that for between $100 and $150 you have alot of choice of 
Quality units. Under $100, it becomes hit or miss. If you are concerned 
about your users becoming upset if their phone flips out- I highly 
recommend spending the extra money.

As far as Snow- They look very cool, and I love almost everything Linux 
based- PDA's, PVR,s, everything- but, I wonder if it will need to be 
rebooted every once in a while to stay happy- Every phone that is SIP 
has an OS- so, its hard to say if a Linux phone  is more  stable then a 
simpler phone.

The Zultys WIP2 I mentioned is Linux based- works great, but because its 
rechargeable, they get rebooted often. Check out Polycoms, and Aastra- 
Aastras are really rebranded Nortel phones- And I have read may good 
reviews of Polycom.

Asterisk is Awesome, and very powerful--- I think the only thing that 
can make an Asterisk install "look poor" is a poor phone (Besides a bad 
extensions.conf)

Feel free to email me - I hope to participate in this group often.

Matt



Eddie Johnson Jr wrote:
> Hello Matthew,
>
> Did you test Snom or Sipura hard ip phones?  I was considering Budgetone for an office of 10 users.  After reading your testimonial I will have to re-think my selection.
>
> I do wish to continue having dialogue about this very issue.
>
> Ed
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Matthew Mackes (Webmail)" <mm at webmail.deltasoniccarwash.com>
> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:26:31 
> To:asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [asterisk-users] My Phone Review- Large Scale Corp Deployment.
>
>
> I have had the opportunity to test many IP phones in the last 6 months 
> and I thought you might enjoy a quick review of what I have found.
>
>
>
> Grandstream Budgtone 200 - Poor Quality for business use- Looks good, 
> and the handset feels nice, buttons have a decent feel, but the disply 
> is difficult to read when you are not directly over head of the phone, 
> plus the sound quality of the handset, and speaker phone is very poor--- 
> Its has a cave, tunnel sound.
>
> Cisco 7960-   Great Units, Sound Great, Look Great, very professional. 
> They are abit more difficult to program then others. You must find the 
> SIP firmware, and be very familiar with TFTP to deploy these phones- 
> However once you get a hand of them, they are a rock.
>
> Zulty WIP 2-   THESE PHONES ARE AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!! WiFi SIP phones- 
> They look like an early 90's wireless phone, but they are VERY well 
> built, and work extremely well- If you are looking for a serious WIFI 
> SIP phone, this is the unit for you. Trust me, I tested 3 of the other 
> popular WIFI sip phones, and they are cheaply made- even the Linksys- 
> other WiFI phones are built like cheap plastic cell phones.
> We have purchaced over 125 Zulty WIP 2's and they are great. A company 
> named Neobits has them for sale.
>
> And the best hard phone- The Aastra 480i.
> This phone  is a class act. I would even pick this over a Cisco 7960. It 
> has many features, feels great, has a very cool look, and the sound 
> quality is OUTSTANDING. They have great documentation, and can do more 
> then the Cisco, like Busy Lamp, which is very important in a large corp 
> environment when you have receptionists.
>
> We have chosen to go with 350 Aastra 480i, 125 Zulty WIP2, and Asterisk 
> to replace our 15 year old monster Meridian Nortel switch and phones.
>
> Asterisk will be  running on Pound Key Linux, on three HP Servers- All 
> DualCore Xeons, Dual Processor machines, (so four cores per machine) 
> with 4 GB of RAM per. We will also be connecting the machines with Gbit 
> Ethernet to one another on a private Switch, separated from the rest of 
> the  LAN/WAN.
>
>
> We will be handling Voice PRI's and 2 T1s for outbound PSTN, and long 
> distance, and I have planned for about 100 extensions to be active at 
> any one time (1/3)
>
> If anyone would like to discuss large scale deployments- I would love to 
> hear your thoughts.
>
> Thanks Everyone,
>
> Matt Mackes
> matthewmackes at deltasoniccarwash.com
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