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<FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="11" DEFAULT="SIZE">I think that the Polycom phones are really good, but their lack of support for Asterisk is legendary. Of those I prefer the IP600/601 for the better display.<BR>
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The Aastra 480i and 480i CT are my other favorite. This is currently what lives on my desk. It supports multiple lines but only 2 simultaneous calls using G.729.<BR>
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Michael<BR>
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 07:00:56 -0600, Ken Williams wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR">>> After working with the Grandstream GXP 2000 series phones, I have <BR>
>> decided that I am quite unhappy with their problems, both voice <BR>
>> quality, volume, features and others. For their price now, there are <BR>
>> plenty of phones to choose from as well.<BR>
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>> So subjectively what would be the best Hardphone for a small/medium <BR>
>> business with multiple line support, BLF, etc.<BR>
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>> Are the Cisco 7960 the best of the bunch, or Aastra etc?<BR>
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>> I have just had a GXP start its daily lockup where you come in in the <BR>
>> morning and it requires a hard reset, and this is getting a little <BR>
>> boring having to keep flashing and carrying on.<BR>
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>I'm intrigued... I've deployed many GXP2000's now, as has a friend of<BR>
>mine, and we've not seen these sorts of problems ... I'm currently of<BR>
>the opinion that for their cost they actually are a good desk phone...<BR>
>But am I simply looking for trouble? (I've not started to use the BLF<BR>
>features yet though - maybe this is where the issues are?)<BR>
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>Gordon<BR>
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