[asterisk-users] IP phone recommendation

[Geraint Lee]

I personally find the snom phones to be generally ugly and
"un-finger-friendly", in terms of reliability and quality, never had any
trouble, good phones all in all, i just can't get past the tacky look and
feel so don't buy them.

2009/6/3 Darrick Hartman <dhartman at djhsolutions.com>

> On 06/03/2009 11:47 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Rob Hillis wrote:
> >
> >> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
> >>> We are still talking about a $175 phone.  How about the Polycom IP 320?
> >>> $85 at 888voipstore.  Can't go wrong with Polycom for voice quality.
> >>>
> >> True, Polycom's are brilliant for voice quality, but unlike the Snom, a
> >> Polycom /will/ reboot on the drop of a hat /and/ take a damned long time
> >> to do it (~45-60 seconds)  In addition, the web interface should be
> >> taken away and shot - the only real way to configure them is through
> (T)FTP.
> >>
> >> They are however, extraordinarily configurable through the XML config
> >> and they are very stable.  Once they're configured they work very
> >> nicely.  The lack of a decent number of BLF keys (even with a very
> >> expensive sidecar you only get two more keys than a standalone Snom320)
> >> puts me off a little.
> >>
> >> However, for a conference phone, the Polycom's can't be easily beaten.
> >> Their handsfree call quality is in a league of it's own.
> >>
> >
> > Mainly I suggest it because the OP asked for an inexpensive quality
> phone.
> > I agree on the provisioning - the web interface is useless, and unless
> you
> > know how to setup the XML files properly you are doomed to a very
> > frustrating experience.
>
> The Polycom 320/330's are nice little phones for the price.
>
> There are several resources for configuring the phones from the XML
> config files.  If the config files are sane, the phones don't take that
> long to reboot.
>
> This is probably one of the better examples:
>
> http://www.kfife.com/voip/
>
> Karl did a good job commenting in the config files where he made changes.
>
> Darrick
>
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