[asterisk-users] IP phone recommendation

[John Novack]

Hasn't this religious argument/discussion gone on long enough??


zoachien at securax.org wrote:
> I personally find the snom phones to look quite good compared to the 
> american and chinese brands, might be a european thing though :)
>
> Zoa
>
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> Geraint Lee wrote:
>   
>> I personally find the snom phones to be generally ugly and 
>> "un-finger-friendly", in terms of reliability and quality, never had 
>> any trouble, good phones all in all, i just can't get past the tacky 
>> look and feel so don't buy them.
>>
>> 2009/6/3 Darrick Hartman <dhartman at djhsolutions.com 
>> <mailto:dhartman at djhsolutions.com>>
>>
>>     On 06/03/2009 11:47 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>>     >
>>     > On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Rob Hillis wrote:
>>     >
>>     >> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>>     >>> We are still talking about a $175 phone.  How about the
>>     Polycom IP 320?
>>     >>> $85 at 888voipstore.  Can't go wrong with Polycom for voice
>>     quality.
>>     >>>
>>     >> True, Polycom's are brilliant for voice quality, but unlike the
>>     Snom, a
>>     >> Polycom /will/ reboot on the drop of a hat /and/ take a damned
>>     long time
>>     >> to do it (~45-60 seconds)  In addition, the web interface should be
>>     >> taken away and shot - the only real way to configure them is
>>     through (T)FTP.
>>     >>
>>     >> They are however, extraordinarily configurable through the XML
>>     config
>>     >> and they are very stable.  Once they're configured they work very
>>     >> nicely.  The lack of a decent number of BLF keys (even with a very
>>     >> expensive sidecar you only get two more keys than a standalone
>>     Snom320)
>>     >> puts me off a little.
>>     >>
>>     >> However, for a conference phone, the Polycom's can't be easily
>>     beaten.
>>     >> Their handsfree call quality is in a league of it's own.
>>     >>
>>     >
>>     > Mainly I suggest it because the OP asked for an inexpensive
>>     quality phone.
>>     > I agree on the provisioning - the web interface is useless, and
>>     unless you
>>     > know how to setup the XML files properly you are doomed to a very
>>     > frustrating experience.
>>
>>     The Polycom 320/330's are nice little phones for the price.
>>
>>     There are several resources for configuring the phones from the XML
>>     config files.  If the config files are sane, the phones don't take
>>     that
>>     long to reboot.
>>
>>     This is probably one of the better examples:
>>
>>     http://www.kfife.com/voip/
>>
>>     Karl did a good job commenting in the config files where he made
>>     changes.
>>
>>     Darrick
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