[asterisk-users] IP phone recommendation

[Singer XJ Wang]

I'll put in my $0.02CAD for Polycom. We use the 330s here.

Singer

Geraint Lee wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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