[Asterisk-Users] Re: GXP-2000 (steer clear)

[Francesco Peeters (Asterisk)]

On Wed, June 7, 2006 14:09, Louis-David Mitterrand said:
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 11:26:20PM -0400, Daniel Salama wrote:
>> Well, these are encouraging words :)
>>
>> You're basically telling me that I should tell my client to buy other
>> phones. I agree that you cannot compare these phones with Cisco or
>> Polycom. After all, like you said, what do you expect for under $90.
>> However, the fact is that my client just recently invested in these
>> and it will be hard, if not impossible, for me to tell my client to
>> swap them for Polycoms or something else at a much higher cost.
>>
>> I have heard complaints from my client about the speakerphone and
>> they are now, I guess, getting used to picking up the handset :). I
>> have heard any echo problems so far. What bothers me the most is that
>> the phone stops working often (multiple times per day). By this I
>> mean that my client won't be able to dial anything successfully. As
>> soon as 3 or 4 digits are entered, they get a fast busy. To solve it,
>> they need to reboot it. It sounds as if these phones were running
>> Windows instead of Linux :)
>>
>> Anyway, what firmware did you use that solved so many of your problems?
>
> I've only had bad experiences with these phones and steer clear of them.
>
> In the same price range you can now get the Thomson ST-2030 or Polycom
> 430 for a much, much better user experience.

Where do you purchase the Thomson or Polycoms for a comparable price as
the GXP2000? I'd like to buy an ST2030 or 430 for under EUR 90 myself too!

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