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<DIV><SPAN class=703394416-23042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well,
After a lot of searching (and a few calls to Cisco) here is what I came up with.
When you buy a Cisco IP phone used in order to legally use it you must first
re-license the firmware through an authorized Cisco Provider. Once you
re-license the phone you can then get the service contract for $8/year which
entitles you to download the firmware updates. So even if the phone came with
SCCP firmware after re-licensing and purchasing a service contract you can
obtain the SIP firmware via download. But of course, there's a catch, most Cisco
Providers will not sell a Service Contract for used equipment. The re-license
fee is around $115.00, so depending on how much you bought your used phone for
it actually turns out to be cheaper to buy the phones new. You cannot get a
Service Contract for a used phone until you re-license the software. When you go
onto Cisco's website to locate a provider near you make sure you choose
"Advanced Search" and select "IP Telephony Revised Specialization" from the drop
down box, otherwise you will most likely get a list of providers / resellers who
are no longer in business. Only the providers with the IP Telephony Revised
Specialization are authorized to re-license firmware and sell Service Contracts
for Cisco IP phones. In my case, I paid $185 + shipping for the phone, $115 for
the re-license & $8 for the Service Contract (a local provider was able to
help me out), total = $323. Instead I could have just purchased one brand new
from the Cisco provider for $350.00 + the service contract and been done with
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703394416-23042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
Good luck,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703394416-23042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> Bill</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
Tyreman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 23, 2004 ONYX 12:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco
phones<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All I can find on that Cisco website is
this:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/cpn/cpn_match_result.pl?CurPosition=0&Direction=&ResultType=EC&search_id=156576&tab_name=findsp&country_id=GB">http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/cpn/cpn_match_result.pl?CurPosition=0&Direction=&ResultType=EC&search_id=156576&tab_name=findsp&country_id=GB</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't see the likes of BT, O2, Vodaphone etc
wanting to deal with me !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com</A>
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Hermann
Wecke<BR>Posted At: 23 April 2004 17:23<BR>Posted To:
Asterisk-Users<BR>Conversation: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco phones<BR>Subject: Re:
[Asterisk-Users] Cisco phones</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Paul Tyreman wrote:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>> I have three questions to ask about this:<BR>> 1) How
do I know if my phone qualifies for a service contrct ?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>When you (try to) buy your service contract, you will need to give the
model and serial number of the item you are trying to include into your
contract. If the item qualifies, then you are "approved". I had some problems
adding mine. For some reason the contract was made under the previous owner
name. This was promptly solved, BTW!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>> 2) Where do I buy a service contract from ?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Any Cisco partner around the world: <A
href="http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/cpn/cpn_pub_bassrch.pl">http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/cpn/cpn_pub_bassrch.pl</A><BR>(find
a Service Provider)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>> 3) How will Cisco know that I have downloaded a image that I
don't <BR>> have a licence for ?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Every time you want to download an image, they will present you a
copyright notice and an agreement to be accepted. If you choose to download
that image, it is registered into their database and match against your
service contract. If you have a service contract for a 7960 SCCP and is
downloading an image for a 12416 router you *MAY* get charged for
that...<BR>*MAY* does not mean that you *will*. But don't complain if you
receive an invoice or a credit card charge billing for that download.
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