[asterisk-users] IP phone recommendation

[Geraint Lee]

you could say it has, and you're right, it probably has :)

but i personally find these threads help make the day pass a little faster

2009/6/3 John Novack <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org>

> Hasn't this religious argument/discussion gone on long enough??
>
>
> zoachien at securax.org wrote:
> > I personally find the snom phones to look quite good compared to the
> > american and chinese brands, might be a european thing though :)
> >
> > Zoa
> >
> >
> > 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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