[Asterisk-Users] Re: Polycom Phones

[Cory Andrews]

Seshu - the 480i, although a great phones, is quite a bit more expensive 
than the Polycom IP300 or IP500, it is more comparable in price to the 
Polycom IP600. 

Cory Andrews
Senior Partner
VOIPSupply.com
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Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of J Thomas
>Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:17 PM
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Polycom Phones
>
>I purchased some 20 Polycom phones (brand new) for a very good price of
>around $165 each. Now I am having a nightmare in configuring them. I
>pulled the bootrom, SIP and config files from freedomphones.com,
>modified them for my need and and started configuring the phones. First
>couple of phones worked well, but I could not configure most of the
>remaining phones. They complain about "Error in loading bootrom". I
>suspect these are newer phones with newer bootrom than I have.
>
>I contacted Polycom. After many emails and calls, finally got hold of
>someone in the SIP certification dept. He was very blatant in saying
>that Polycom has decided not to support Asterisk. When I asked him just
>to give us the bootrom, and SIP application firmware for the phones, he
>refused that too saying it was against Polycom Policy.
>
>Now I am thinking why the hell should I use Polycom phones when they are
>so knee jerk about the Asterisk community. They would not even give us
>legitimate firmware either. They are so arrogant (or stupid) to keep off
>such a significant user community. 
>
>What do others feel about this issue. Should we just decide to stay away
>from Polycom phones? Or try to keep a copy of their firmware somewhere
>in the community like freedomphones.com?
>
>Thanks,
>-- jt
>
>I would recommend SaySon phones which have similar or better features at
>the same prices and they love and support Asterisk. We use the 480i and
>it works great.
>
>http://www.sayson.com
>
>Seshu Kanuri 
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