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<B>From:</B> Rob Hillis<BR>
<B>Date:</B> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:07:58 +1100<BR>
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<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR">For your own sanity's sake, steer as far away from Grandstream as possible. The firmware is appalling and isn't improving a great deal. They make great steps in one area while another gets worse and worse.<BR>
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randulo wrote: <FONT FACE="Courier New">On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Agnello George<BR>
<agnello.dsouza@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
but it does not mention the phones that i need to use .... could i use any<BR>
USB phone !!! ???<BR>
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I would recommend you start by using free softphones like X-Lite,<BR>
Gizmo project, Zoiper.<BR>
Then, when you're ready, choose a hardphone by price and quality<BR>
needed between Grandstream, Sipura, Polycom and Cisco not to mention<BR>
Snom or Aastra that have a lot of models as well.<BR>
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