[asterisk-users] Which IP Phone is really the best?

[Tim Connolly]

Cisco 7960's:  (SIPified)
1. Cheap
2. 6 lines is plenty
3. simple to config
4. stable

On Jan 6, 2008, at 11:03 PM, William Herrera wrote:

> Alright, enough.
> At first I was to ignore to you all making statements like this one  
> but I
> feel at this point that if I do not stop this it seems it will never  
> stop.
> First thing first. I have a Bach. in Network Engineering. I did work  
> for the
> Telefónica of Puerto Rico installing Asterisk (and working with  
> Polycom,
> Cisco, Astra and Grandstream) for a bit over 2 years. I have been  
> doing this
> now on my own business since October 2003 (www.lan-solutions.net),  
> so I am
> not as you might think I am.
> I asked a "simple" question just to hear your opinion. It was not  
> intended
> for so many of you waste your time (and mine) writing all this  
> useless notes
> ....
> If you would have taken the same (or less) time just to answer the  
> question
> (or to ignore it) we al would have been able to keep it "simple", as
> intended...
> Case closed.
>
> WH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of David  
> Cook
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:42 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Which IP Phone is really the best?
>
> Seriously, if you intend on proposing this to a customer it means  
> you are
> selling your professional services. If you are asking questions like  
> this,
> how successful do you expect your customer engagement to be?
>
> Even if someone recommends the "best" phone for your particular  
> application,
> you will still have zero competency with it and spend inordinate  
> amounts of
> learning time and re-work on the customer's time. Your inexperience  
> will
> show. Customers are demanding and you will get thrown out on your a**.
> People expect IT to fail from time to time (unfortunately), but they  
> expect
> 100% availability from their phones. Anything less and you will find
> yourself with a priority meeting at the client that includes your  
> manager,
> CEO and their lawyer.
>
> Nothing travels faster than a bad reputation. Walk away. Research.  
> Build a
> lab. Learn.
>
> - dbc.
>
> From: "William Herrera" <william at lan-solutions.net>
> Subject:
> To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"
> 	<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>
>> I need to quote a client for a job and I was just wondering.
>>
>> Out of all the IP Phones out there, which one is the best and why?
>>
>> Thank you all, all opinions will be accepted.
>>
>> William Herrera
>> LAN/WAN Technical Consultant
>
>
>
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