I posed the same question to both our Cisco partner and direct to our Cisco rep. Neither one could tell me what I would not be able to do with a non-licenses IP phone. As you probably know the phone will work with out a license, but that may not be acceptable in Cisco's eyes.
<br><br>In the end we went with a different vendor anyways.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Pavel Jezek</b> <<a href="mailto:pavel.jezek@i.cz">pavel.jezek@i.cz</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;">I think, ci$co phones can not be even purchased without licence...<br>btw, what is your reason, to buy ci$co phones, when known issues exist
<br>with this phones, if working with anything other than callmanager? :-\<br>PJ<br><br><br>Peter Mitchell wrote:<br>><br>> I've got a question regarding Cisco IP Phones and licencing.<br>><br>> When using a third party PBX like asterisk is a licence required for
<br>> the Cisco phones ? Has anyone got anything in writing from Cisco to<br>> clarify this ?<br>><br>> Eg can I just use CP-7961G or do I need CP-7961G-CH1 even though I'm<br>> not using Cisco Callmanager ?
<br>><br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Exposing+the+Cisco+Call+Manager+License+Scam">http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Exposing+the+Cisco+Call+Manager+License+Scam</a><br>> says no licence required.
<br>><br>><br>><br>> Cisco site mentions All Cisco Unified IP phones require the purchase<br>> of a phone technology license, regardless of call protocol being used.<br>><br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_data_sheet0900aecd802ff020.html">
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_data_sheet0900aecd802ff020.html</a><br>><br>><br>> Cheers<br>> Peter<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> No virus found in this outgoing message.<br>
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