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

[C F]

strike out stable on the cisco phones. they are not stable.

On 1/7/08, Tim Connolly <tim at timsnet.com> wrote:
> 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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