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I've got several of the Polycom IP 500's as well. I was using snom 200's.
They were horrible speakerphones and the echo inside the handset made it
almost unusable. The 100 was completely unusable. For less than $60 per
phone more, I got a phone that I have to spend less than half the time
working on. Configuration is completely config file controlled as opposed
to controlling the phone from a webserver built into it.
Chris Tooley<br><br>>>>mwless@mindworks.net 02/25 12:57 pm >>><br>
We implemented 21 Polycom IP 500 SIP phones in December and the voice<br>
quality with Ulaw is very good.  We also use g729 and IAX to connect two<br>
sites together on DSL and voice quality sounds pretty good as well.  No<br>
one has complained yet.<br><br>The speaker phone is pretty good, and
occasionally on POTS calls when<br>using the Handset we have echo for the
duration of the call.  This<br>however, seems to be an issue with *
and not the IP 500's.<br><br>We also tell the receptionist to reboot her
phone daily, as the transfer<br>feature will stop working occasionally,
but the reboot has remedied the<br>problem.<br><br>Rgds,<br><br>Brent<br><br>
>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-<br>>admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan
Moore<br>>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:46 PM<br>>To:
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<br>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Comments
on Voice Quality IP Hard Phones<br>><br>>Want to add a little something
about the BG speakerphone. It is not<br>very<br>>loud,<br>>but it is
pretty good other than that. I have tested snom 100, snom<br>200,<br>>and<br>
>siptones and BG is the only one that was remotely close to usable. The<br>
bg<br>>actually has a full duplex speakerphone which is not all the common
in<br>a<br>>lower<br>>cost unit. It is probably usable for a single
person in a fairly quiet<br>>environment. I have the snom almost working
with the speaker but since<br>it<br>>is<br>>half duplex and I have an
ajoining server room which creates a lot of<br>>background noise the
remote end sound pops in and out.<br>><br>>For a conferening phone
module I am looking at using and analog<br>Polycom<br>>SoundStation with a
sipura IP converter.<br>><br>><br>>--<br>>Jonathan Moore<br>
>Director of Technology<br>>Winfield Public Schools<br>>Office
620.221.5100<br>>Fax 620.221.0508<br>><br>><br>>Quoting Steve
<steve@szmidt.org>:<br>><br>>>On Wednesday 25 February 2004 08:26
am, Peer Oliver schmidt wrote:<br>>>>Good day,<br>>>><br>
>>>I am in the middle of getting my self some hard phones. Anyone<br>
care<br>>>>to comment on the *voice* quality of the following phones:<br>
>>><br>>>>Cisco 7960<br>>>>Siptone II<br>>>>SNOM<br>
>>>Budgetone<br>>>><br>>>>I have seen a few reviews, but
none go to deep into the voice<br>quality<br>>>>issue.<br>>>><br>
>>>Thanks.<br>>>><br>>>>rgds<br>>>>pos<br>
>><br>>>I have Budgetone and the speaker phone is not the best but
the<br>handset<br>>>quality is quite OK. It does not support the "full"
audio spectrum<br>of a<br>>>phone so a deep voice will not come out quite
as deep. Other wise<br>it's<br>>>waay good for a $80 VoIP speakerphone.<br>
>><br>>>Actually, when I make a VoIP call coast to coast it's so quiet I<br>
cannot<br>>>tell if the connection is up, but that's thanks to *.<br>>>--<br>
>><br>>>"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety<br>
deserve<br>>>neither liberty nor safety."<br>
>>                                Benjamin Franklin<br>
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