[asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40

[bilal ghayyad]

Dears;

One of the problems I faced with Polycom is the voice volume and ring volume, it is low.

When it rings, even if it is maximum volume, still it is weak.
When I talk and I set the volume to the maximum, I still feel the voice volume is low and would if to increase it.

The volume is really very important (before we talk about features and provisioning), so if the Difium IP Phones have a good voice volume and ring volume (not the same problem that the Polycom has) then I am surely into selecting Digium.

Looking to hear from you.
Regards
Bilal

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> > 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.