<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Brent Torrenga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@torrenga.com">lists@torrenga.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Coming from someone who uses 7940's and 60's: has Cisco/Linksys embraced<br>
SIP compatibility with asterisk more completely with the SPA504G's than they<br>
have the 7940 series? Lack of features on the 7940's is frustrating, and<br>
makes me hesitant to try other Cisco phones, even if the SPA504G is newer.<br>
<br>
--Brent<br></blockquote><div><br>I talked to the Cisco SPA guy at the 2009 Astricon convention about this - according to him, the SPA line is a completely different team than the 79xx series team. Thus, the SPA (and especially the new SPA5xx series) had better support for SIP out of the box, because that's what they were originally designed for (whereas the 79xx series was built for SCCP and CUCM). There was even a document (<a href="https://www.myciscocommunity.com/docs/DOC-10647">https://www.myciscocommunity.com/docs/DOC-10647</a>) that listed how to make the SPA5xx series phones work with asterisk.<br>
<br>The phones were really nice, but I haven't seen one outside of a demonstration environment. As far the OP's question, I've successfully used Polycom, Cisco, and Aastra phones, all in the price range listed, that have been very nice and support all the options you've requested.<br>
</div></div><br>-- <br>Thanks,<br>--Warren Selby<br><a href="http://www.selbytech.com">http://www.selbytech.com</a><br>