[Asterisk-Users] Phone choices....opinion request Polycom vs Cisco

[Gary]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:52:40 +0000, w fm3 wrote:

>Hi
>
>I am struggling with hardware choices to get started with. My options are  
>narrowed down to SIP phones - Polycom IP500, IP600 and Cisco 7940G.
>
>of importance is:
>
>- functionality / integration with asterisk
>- headset functionality and use
>- voice quality
>- build quality
>
>Is there much of a difference between Polycom and Cisco? Scanning the group 
>it looks like there may be slightly  more issues with Polycom but I don't 
>know how they stack up on the integration with Asterisk and future 
>flexability.
>
>Any recommendations appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Walt
>

I would seriously start looking at IP Phones based on the PA1688
chipset.
Particularly those which use one of the standard loads....

Have a look at http://www.aredfox.com/edownloads.htm
whistl IAX2 at the time of writing is not there, its wont be long at
all :-)

Gary
.