[asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40

[Paul Belanger]

On 12-06-11 12:58 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> Any one used Digium IP Phones D40?
>
> I need to know if they are stable with good voice quality? Comparing to Polycom 330, which is better? Let us talk frankly although I know that we have to support Digium.
>
I don't think these topics about comparing A to B work very well. For 
me, it comes down to what has worked well in the past.  With that in 
mind, it will be hard for us to give up Polycom phones.

I had the ability to test the Digium phones while at Digium, and they 
are rugged phones, they look professional too.  However, I only tested 
with them for a month or so.

Now the Digium phones have a tighter integration out of the box with 
Asterisk / Switchvox however that is not an added feature since we 
already have provisioning modules for Polycom phones. If you have never 
mass deployed Polycom phones, it does require some work.  You need to 
get your hands dirty but Polycom has a lot of documentation about the 
process.

With Digium, they take this point of pain away from you.  A ship the 
phones with a tight integration with asterisk / Switchvox. There are 
some other features about visual voicemail and JS applications, however 
I don't require them so not a feature I am interested in.

So, to answer your questions, compare Polycom to Digium. For me, the 
winner is Polycom because their phones have been around for years. 
Digium's only months. And because we have Polycom phones at 95% of the 
sites we manage, adding another vendor into the mix for use to support 
does not make sense at this time.

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