[asterisk-users] 7 points of comparison Polycom 430/501 and Aastra 480i. Which one to choose ?

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With over 300 Polycoms, and around 80 Aastra 480i under my belt here
is my $0.02.
1. Sound quality, Polycom wins but the Aastra has excellent sound
quality as well.
2. Complete product line, Polycom wins.
3. Cordless Aastra, although it's not the best cordless.
4. Backlit, Aastra
5. PoE, Aastra
6. Speakerphone, they both have good speaker phones. Although in
general the answer to 1 goes here as well.
7. They both have 2 network ports, but I havnt' done any tests on the
speed, I did however notice that when restarting the phone, the
Polycom will not shut the network ports down, while the Aastra will.

On another note, in general the Polycoms give me less problems. The
Aastras are not yet that stable. See my next post to the list.

On 1/22/07, Bruce Reeves <asterisk at nortex-networks.com> wrote:
> Your list seems to lean heavily to the Aastra, while I choose the Polycom
> 501/601 over the Aastra, I did like the unit I tested and the cordless. In
> the end the fact that most of the people using the phones would use the
> speaker phone, Polycom and their history of conference phones made the
> choice. We rolled 75 phones at one site and another 30 now at remote
> locations. As far a a receptionist phone, we choose to use a software
> operator panel instead of a phone that took up most of the desk, there were
> initial concerns but the results have been excellent. If you have not
> already done so grab a few people from different parts of the office and
> have them give their 2 cents, it will help to have their perspectives on the
> quality and feel of the phones.
>
>
> On 1/22/07, Vikas <topgun9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I need to provide a 80 people office with VOIP.
> >
> > I want to commit to one vendor Polycom or Aastra. Price of the phones
> > is not a factor in the decision. The quality of the phones is the
> > factor.
> >
> > Some of the features that I am evaluating on are: (arranged in order
> > of priority)
> > 1. Sound quality
> > 2. complete product line with conference phone and receptionist phone
> > (not on Aastra)
> > 3. cordless (not on 501/430)
> > 4. backlit LCD (not on 501/430)
> > 5. Inbuilt POE (not on 501)
> > 6. speaker phone
> > 7. 2 network ports.
> >
> > Which one will you choose ?
> >
> > Vikas
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