[Asterisk-Users] Cisco IP Phones

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Since the provisioning can be done on the phone itself, I think what
you are writing is not true. If one is using it in a SOHO environment,
one can just provision it from the phone.


On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 03:02:45 -0500, Glenn Powers <glenn at net127.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm considering put this on the voip-info.org Wiki, but I thought I'd
> throw it out a few observations here first:
> 
> * Cisco IP Phones are designed for enterprise deployments.
> 
> They are designed to be provisioned by the hundred or thousand. They are
> not designed to be deployed for a single user or even a small office.
> Sure, they work great in either of these settings, but they require more
> knowledge and infrastructure than most small offices have.
> 
> If you're a consultant or reseller, buying one or two and spending an
> afternoon figuring out how to provision them makes sense. Once you know
> how to provision one, provisioning a hundred is not difficult.
> 
> If you're an end user or a small office, you're not going to need to
> provision a hundred, so the process for provisioning one is going to
> seem a bit overwhelming.
> 
> Other VoIP equipment is clearly designed for at-home installation, with
> web-based interfaces, etc.
> 
> I think people should be aware of this when comparing IP Phone options.
> 
> cheers,
> glenn
> 
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