[asterisk-users] Good comparisons on cheaper VOIP phones

[Rob Hillis]

Michael wrote:
>> I bought it. The SPA962 went on ebay within 3 months of me buying it.
>> I have a few grandstream 286's I like to use for traveling and placing
>> in remote areas of an installation.
>>     
> 3 months... that long?
>   

Again I'm surprised.  I've had no problems at all with the Linksys
phones connected to an Asterisk system.  My list of irritants with the
phone is pretty low - you can't use the line buttons as BLF buttons and
localising tones is rather painful.  They're not in the same class as
Polycoms when it comes to hands-free (but then again, basically nothing
else is) but the hands-free is quite usable.

> I have a Linksys SPA9000 IP PBX I want to quit. Mint condition with all 
> packing etc. Nothing 'wrong' with it (except that it's a Linksys) I just hate 
> proprietary stuff which is what the Linksys is.
>   

Ahh... that's a bit different.  Yes, the SPA-9000s are an overpriced
pain in the ass, but the phones certainly don't fall into the same category.