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<FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="11" DEFAULT="SIZE">I have a 480i CT as my primary deskphone now for about a year. Prior to that my favorite was the Polycom IP600. I also have a handful of IP500s.<BR>
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The 480i CT is a GREAT phone for the money. The cordless works well, much better than the early sip wifi handset I tried (Hitachi WIP-5000.) <BR>
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The Polycoms are great too...but no cordless and harder to provision.<BR>
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Cisco hardware seemed like a lot of hassle to license as well as very costly. <BR>
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Early on I used SPA-3000 and SPA-2000 units connected to a Panasonic key system. Once you've tried real SIP hard phones ATA's just kinda lose their appeal.<BR>
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Michael<BR>
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<B>From:</B> George A. Roberts IV<BR>
<B>Date:</B> Tue, 30 May 2006 22:13:25 -0500<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="10">Seeking recommendations on handsets for use with Asterisk. <BR>
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I've been looking at the Aastra 480i CT because of its cordless handset and also the new Linksys SPA-942. Anyone using either one of these with comments on them? <BR>
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Any other thoughts on good reasonably priced handsets? This is for just a couple of people who work from home offices and will be connecting to an Asterisk server hosted in a datacenter. <BR>
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Thanks! <BR>
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Regards, <BR>
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George A. Roberts IV <BR>
President and CEO, Interjuncture Corp. <BR>
http://www.interjuncture.com/ <BR>
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