[Asterisk-Users] Snom phones?

[Michael Graves]

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:09:23 -0600, Stephen Bosch wrote:

>Hi, everyone:
>
>I'm in the processing of deciding what IP phones we should use with our
>Asterisk server, and I wanted to get feedback from the user community on
>the quality, reliability and ease of operation of Snom phones.
>
>What do you have to say about these phones? Are there other phones you'd
>suggest along with or instead of Snom?

I used to have some Snom 200's. They were nice and with the right
firmware worked well. Others can give you more specifics.

I eventually shifted to Polycom 500s and 600s. These are excellent
phones. They just feel great. First rate hardware and unmatched
speakerphone capability. They are a bit harder to get setup as you
really need to use an FTP/TFTP/HTTP server to provision effectively.
The LCD display on the 600 is excellent...not quite as nice on the 500.

Most recently I've added an Aastra 480 CTi in order to try the cordless
extension. This is also a superb phone. The only thing that I've tried
that comes close to the Polycoms. They have backlit displays which is
something that I wish more manufacturers would consider. By extension I
expect that the 480i is also great...just lacking the cordless
extension. 

For my purposes in a SOHO situation the 480 CTI is a far better device
than a wifi sip phone. I have a Hitachi WIP-5000 that I will soon
resell.

Michael
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