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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We have a bunch of SNOM 360’s we are
not using. I agree they are not intuitive to the user. They work ok in
general. I would part with 15 or so at an attractive price, one or more, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I like the Grandstream 2000 series. Easy
to use, easy to set up, good web page. Priced nice on the wholesale market.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Geraint Lee<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 03, 2009
12:33 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Asterisk Users Mailing List -
Non-Commercial Discussion<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [asterisk-users] IP
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I personally find the
snom phones to be generally ugly and "un-finger-friendly", in terms
of reliability and quality, never had any trouble, good phones all in all, i
just can't get past the tacky look and feel so don't buy them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2009/6/3 Darrick Hartman <<a href="mailto:dhartman@djhsolutions.com">dhartman@djhsolutions.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 06/03/2009 11:47 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Rob Hillis wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:<br>
>>> We are still talking about a $175 phone. How about the
Polycom IP 320?<br>
>>> $85 at 888voipstore. Can't go wrong with Polycom for voice
quality.<br>
>>><br>
>> True, Polycom's are brilliant for voice quality, but unlike the Snom,
a<br>
>> Polycom /will/ reboot on the drop of a hat /and/ take a damned long
time<br>
>> to do it (~45-60 seconds) In addition, the web interface should
be<br>
>> taken away and shot - the only real way to configure them is through
(T)FTP.<br>
>><br>
>> They are however, extraordinarily configurable through the XML config<br>
>> and they are very stable. Once they're configured they work very<br>
>> nicely. The lack of a decent number of BLF keys (even with a
very<br>
>> expensive sidecar you only get two more keys than a standalone
Snom320)<br>
>> puts me off a little.<br>
>><br>
>> However, for a conference phone, the Polycom's can't be easily beaten.<br>
>> Their handsfree call quality is in a league of it's own.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Mainly I suggest it because the OP asked for an inexpensive quality phone.<br>
> I agree on the provisioning - the web interface is useless, and unless you<br>
> know how to setup the XML files properly you are doomed to a very<br>
> frustrating experience.<br>
<br>
The Polycom 320/330's are nice little phones for the price.<br>
<br>
There are several resources for configuring the phones from the XML<br>
config files. If the config files are sane, the phones don't take that<br>
long to reboot.<br>
<br>
This is probably one of the better examples:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.kfife.com/voip/" target="_blank">http://www.kfife.com/voip/</a><br>
<br>
Karl did a good job commenting in the config files where he made changes.<br>
<br>
Darrick<br>
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