[Asterisk-Users] Which IP phone to use in Australia

[Howard Lowndes]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 18:05, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:54 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:43, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> > > Personally, I quite like the polycom phones such as the IP300 and IP600
> > > I've never really bothered with the IP500...
> > > 
> > > There are a few issues I have with them though, the main one being that
> > > I can't disable call waiting on the phone. There are workarounds for
> > > this though (in asterisk dialplan).
> > 
> > ...which is something to be said for the HOP 1002 - you can disable call
> > waiting.
> 
> Have you actually used the polycom phones? If so, how do they compare to
> the HOP 1002, or, would you call the polycom IP600 and HOP 1002 exactly
> equivalent in all respects except for the call waiting factor?

Unfortunately I have never used, or even seen the polycom phones, so I
cannot comment on the comparison.

I do know that the HOP 1002 serve my purpose and are quite robust. 
There was a date issue with the software pre v1.41.007 and I have found
out how to get a brand name to display on the screen.

I have also discovered that, under SIP at least, the phone will only
display the caller ID number and not the caller ID name, though that
latter is not often sent anyway except for calls from mobiles as
"MOBILE".

Basically they are very robust, almost brick shithouse robust. :)

The online manual is about 47 pages of Chinglish which is an Alexander
(downer). (Oz joke there for all you yanks)

The only down side that I can see is that the 2 port hubbing is only 10
mbps which shouldn't really be a problem for most users who connect
their PC in line, but could be a real bummer for the power user PHBs who
want to do gaming.


> 
> I've not seen/used the HOP 1002, I just find it hard to accept that it
> would be as good as the polycom IP600 phones.... 
> 
> Note: I would be *pleasantly* surprised if you say it is as good!
> 
> Regards,
> Adam
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