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I'll put in my $0.02CAD for Polycom. We use the 330s here.<br>
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Singer<br>
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Geraint Lee wrote:
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cite="mid:5e8df8b30906031032y55377030g1f78fc426be296af@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/3 Darrick Hartman <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:dhartman@djhsolutions.com">dhartman@djhsolutions.com</a>></span><br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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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