[Asterisk-Users] Hardphone deployment recommendation

[Paul Zimm]

>I'm looking to purchase and deploy a bunch of hardphones for agent
>use. The phones will have to register with Asterisk and/or SER,
>depending on where the phones go. They need only one line, G729 codec,
>and no super fancy features. Preferrably something that is easy to
>provision.
>
>I would think the BudgeTone would be good, but then I've read so many
>people complaining about them, and some people seem to recommend the
>Sipura adapters.
>
>I'm looking to keep my cost down, and the BudgeTone is around $100
>CDN, give or take.
>  
>
I just received my sipura SPA-841 phone (not an ATA), and it's a nicer 
than the
BudgeTone for about the same price. I paid $85.00 for it.

Features it has that the BudgeTone doesn't:
 *  2 line appearances (you can add 2 more for a total of  4)
     transfer and conference work when using more than 1 line appearance
 *  headset jack
 *  voicemail button

It doesn't have a network switch or POE.