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Michael wrote:
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<pre wrap="">My experience with Grandstream is that are one of the better 'cheap' ones, but
cheap non the less.</pre>
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I am yet to run into a worse IP phone than the Grandstreams - although
having said that, I should say that I've always steered clear of most
of the Chinese "no-name" brand phones. They're unstable, temperamental
and upgrading the firmware is a crapshoot half the time since you never
know what new bugs will be introduced and quite often you can't
downgrade the firmware if you don't like the newer firmware.<br>
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My suggestion would be to look at the Snom 300 (although they are very
simplistic phones), the Polycom IP330 (I have a feeling the 320s don't
support PoE) or the Linksys phones. I noted an earlier post saying
that these phones were overpriced and designed to lock you in to
Linksys gear - my experience has been completely different. The
SPA-942 is quite cheap and integrates nicely with Asterisk. The
SPA-962 is considerably more expensive - but considering the size of
the colour LCD screen, they're not that badly priced. (as an aside, the
button banks for the SPA-962 are one of the <i>cheapest</i> available!)<br>
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