I've used both an 480i and a Linksys SPA-942, both worked well with Asterisk. If I were doing a small office deployment I would probably go with the Linksys. The 480i is not quite as impressive sitting on next to the Linksys. Actually if your budget supports it get one of each and try them out. I tried out several from the Cisco 7960, Polycoms and then a UTstarcom F1000. My big concern on the Cisco is that there is a license that Cisco requires that any Cisco partnet I had quote phones had to add $130 dollars to the already higher price. I know you can by them without the license, but nobody could, including our Cisco rep, could tell me we were not in violation of something by not having the license or why we had to have it. Hope that helps.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/30/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">George A. Roberts IV</b> <<a href="mailto:groberts@interjuncture.com">groberts@interjuncture.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Zac,<br><br>What am I getting for the extra $150+ were I to go with the 7960 compared to<br>the SPA-942? There's a fairly big price difference between the two. I'm<br>sure the Ciscos are probably much better, but from what I've been reading
<br>the SPA-942s are very nice.<br><br>Plus I'm not sure if I want to spend $300+ for a desk phone when I can get<br>the 480i CT for under $300 and get both a desk phone and a cordless handset<br>as well.<br><br>George<br>
<br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
</a>] On Behalf Of Zac Amsler<br>Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:19 PM<br>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Handset recommendations<br><br>I have a couple Aastra 480CTs and I am really happy with them.
<br><br>IMO skip the linksys and go right to the Cisco 7960.<br><br>Cheers,<br>--<br>Zac Amsler, Network Operations<br>NetIQ Systems, LLC <a href="http://www.netiqsys.net">www.netiqsys.net</a> <<a href="http://www.netiqsys.net">
http://www.netiqsys.net</a>><br><br><br><br>George A. Roberts IV wrote:<br>> Seeking recommendations on handsets for use with Asterisk.<br>><br>> I've been looking at the Aastra 480i CT because of its cordless
<br>> handset and also the new Linksys SPA-942. Anyone using either one of<br>> these with comments on them?<br>><br>> Any other thoughts on good reasonably priced handsets? This is for<br>> just a couple of people who work from home offices and will be
<br>> connecting to an Asterisk server hosted in a datacenter.<br>><br>> Thanks!<br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> George A. Roberts IV<br>> President and CEO, Interjuncture Corp.<br>> <a href="http://www.interjuncture.com/">
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