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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Do the speakerphone’s work well on
Snom 320’s? I have a Linksys 841 and could never get the
speakerphone working well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jessee J Holmes<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 01, 2006
11:45 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Asterisk Users Mailing List -
Non-Commercial Discussion<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [asterisk-users] Snom
or Cisco Phones?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Writing this as a user of VoIP and not a reseller, (meaning off the
record), we really love the Snom phones here as well, I wish the Snom 300's had
a bit more functionality (like the Grandstream), and the Snom 320's and 360's
were a little less confusing with their buttons (aka too many buttons on the
keypad for some non-tehcy end users).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>But they have terrific functionality and great audio quality in most
office environments, and are very easy to set up and install. Everyone seems to
really love them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Cisco phones are nice as well, but IF you decide to go with Cisco,
READ what you are buying and what you are getting before just blindly buying it
(in fact, do this anyways, it's common sense to do this before buying any
product, anywhere). Cisco products normally don't come with half of the items
you need, and unfortunately most resellers (and Cisco) don't make this too
easy to read and understand. DO NOT buy refurbished Cisco if you want
support, especially since there has been some bogus Cisco voice equipment
shipping lately from some of the certified Cisco resellers/distributors.
Network World had an article on this recently: <a
href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/102306counterfeit.html">http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/102306counterfeit.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Cisco may have a great look to their phones and have the design very
well thought out (not to mention the big Cisco name - which is good enough for
some), but they are normally harder to install and configure and are VERY
proprietary. If you buy Cisco, Cisco wants you to ONLY buy Cisco (for support
and marketing reasons).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Snom 320's are a great choice just because these phones mainly support
everything the Snom 360's support (i.e. sidecars) Only main differences between
these two models is that the Snom 360 has the larger LCD screen as well as
newly added XML support.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We have about 50 stations here, some management, some support, some
sales and have pretty much decided as a company to completely use Snom phones
for all of our employees.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Keep in mind, each phone out there will have their specific pro's and
con's, as well as quarks ... seems there is no real "perfect
phone" out there yet. But Snom in my mind, is pretty dang close.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This all of course is just personal opinion from past experience.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Jessee
Holmes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Atacomm
/ Ataractic Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>www.atacomm.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>V:
1-877-700-VOIP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><a
href="mailto:jholmes@atacomm.com">jholmes@atacomm.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Looking
for voice over IP products? Visit our VoIP store at <a
href="http://voipstore.atacomm.com">http://voipstore.atacomm.com</a>/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Nov 1, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Tom Vile wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I love the Snom phones as
well. The function keys are great and easy to use.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 10/31/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>mitcheloc</span></b>
<<a href="mailto:mitcheloc@gmail.com">mitcheloc@gmail.com </a>> wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>My vote is definitely for Snom, I've worked with Cisco phones for<br>
years, but the Snom is much better integrated, and the feature buttons <br>
can be retooled for any environment, making custom installs very easy.<br>
<br>
On 10/31/06, Conrad Wood <<a href="mailto:asterisk-users@conradwood.net">asterisk-users@conradwood.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
> On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 13:29 -0600, Joe Dennick wrote: <br>
> > Comparing Snom to Cisco phones is sort of like comparing Mercedes to
Kia<br>
> > cars....<br>
><br>
> Not really. Both are very good phones.<br>
><br>
> * My Clients prefer cisco because it looks more business-like. - The new <br>
> snom phones do look better though and the side car rules.<br>
> * The Cisco phone 'feels' very good in your hand, and the voicequality<br>
> is superb. (I'd say slightly better than that of the snom 360)<br>
> <br>
> * Technically, I find the snom phone more advanced and I can do more<br>
> cool stuff with it - Cisco doesn't seem to like giving features away in<br>
> SIP.<br>
> * Snom phones, for example, have freely programmable buttons that can <br>
> park/retrieve/transfer calls, show line status etc. I can't get that to<br>
> work with Cisco phones at all.<br>
> * Putting custom ringtones (and choosing which ones to use) is a<br>
> no-brainer with snoms and real trouble with ciscos. <br>
> * On ciscos, I find the "upgrade" path from sccp to sip a
totally<br>
> unnecessary annoyance.<br>
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