[asterisk-users] ATA shootout: PAP2T versus Grandstream Handytone 286

[Gareth Blades]

In my previous company we bought about 30 Grandstream GXP2000 phones. 
The build and design quality of those phones were terrible (not to 
mention firmware bugs).
Speakerphone and headset ports were unusable.
The external powersupply would only last a year or two before it failed.
The screen was so poor it became very dark after the backlight had been 
on a few months.
The internal PSU for taking power via POE used cheap components and 
within 2-5 years every phone had failed. Luckily I worked out how to fix 
them.

Newer models may be much better but I would not buy another one again.

David Backeberg wrote:
> I'm considering a situation where I buy about twenty ATA devices.
> 
> I've played with the Linksys / Cisco PAP2T, and got that working fine
> with some inbound and outbound faxing. The web GUI was okay. I'm
> seeing prices around $45 to $50 for this thing. It comes with two FXS
> ports, but I only need one FXS.
> 
> I've seen the Grandstream Handytone 286 online. It looks promising as
> an alternative to the PAP2T, and I'm seeing prices hovering between
> $25 and $30.
> 
> I'm considering getting one of these Grandstream ATAs onsite to play
> with before I make my final decision.
> 
> What do people think about both products?
> 
> Bonus points for if people have bulk deployed these, either with TFTP
> and configs pushed from a server, or some other good idea.
> 
> It seems that the PAP2T does support TFTP and an XML-based config for
> deployments...
>