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color:#1F497D'>I have a customer that has Snom phones and I have a customer
that has Polycom phones. The Snom phones aren’t bad, but I have fewer support
calls with the Polycom ones. Maybe it’s the customers, maybe it’s the gear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>-----<br>
Mike Hammett<br>
Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>
<a href="http://www.ics-il.com">http://www.ics-il.com</a></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [asterisk-biz] Dealing with Polycom (becoming certified) in
Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>You should also try snom phones, very good product line with
their new added 370. Very good prices, in comparision.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>FYI<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote>On 6/11/07, <b>Crystal Adamson</b>
<<a href="mailto:cadamson@netxusa.com">cadamson@netxusa.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I'm not sure if this is quit what you were asking, but, before you
can resell Polycom you have to get certified on their products. It's
not very difficult. It's just a little test you take after watching some
slideshows. Anyway, I am a sales associate at NETXUSA, Inc. We are distributors
of Polycom just to name one and if you are looking for a distributor to deal
with take a look at our website. You could go to our website and sign up
with us. We are distributors of Polycom, Digium, and Edgewater, just to
name a few. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank
you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Crystal
Adamson</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NETXUSA,
INC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1-800-289-6389</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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864-233-4344</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://www.netxusa.com/" target="_blank">www.netxusa.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com"
target="_blank">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com" target="_blank">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>]<b>
On Behalf Of </b>Mike<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 01, 2007 11:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [asterisk-biz] Dealing with Polycom (becoming certified) in
Canada </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I've
made a very bad decision in the past: I've standardized on Polycom VoIP phones.
Technically, they are good phones. But from a VAR point of view, the
company itself is a problem to work with (as some of you know). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>One
of the requirements to become a certified Polycom reseller is to have
authorization from a technology partner. Now, given that I plug Polycoms
on my home-grown Hosted PBX largely based on Asterisk open-source, and that I
don`t resell any of those technology partner's products, I doubt they will even
talk to me. Digium is a partner though, who should I be talking to? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
am guessing Digium wants to encourage people using their stuff and their
partners', and maybe they`ll actually rubber-stamp this....Or maybe I`m just an
optimist.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Any
other tips on dealing with Polycom as someone who wants to be a certified reseller?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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