you could say it has, and you're right, it probably has :)<br><br>but i personally find these threads help make the day pass a little faster<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/3 John Novack <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jnovack@stromberg-carlson.org">jnovack@stromberg-carlson.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hasn't this religious argument/discussion gone on long enough??<br>
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<a href="mailto:zoachien@securax.org">zoachien@securax.org</a> wrote:<br>
> I personally find the snom phones to look quite good compared to the<br>
> american and chinese brands, might be a european thing though :)<br>
><br>
> Zoa<br>
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> Geraint Lee wrote:<br>
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>> I personally find the snom phones to be generally ugly and<br>
>> "un-finger-friendly", in terms of reliability and quality, never had<br>
>> any trouble, good phones all in all, i just can't get past the tacky<br>
>> look and feel so don't buy them.<br>
>><br>
>> 2009/6/3 Darrick Hartman <<a href="mailto:dhartman@djhsolutions.com">dhartman@djhsolutions.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dhartman@djhsolutions.com">dhartman@djhsolutions.com</a>>><br>
>><br>
>> 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<br>
>> Polycom IP 320?<br>
>> >>> $85 at 888voipstore. Can't go wrong with Polycom for voice<br>
>> quality.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >> True, Polycom's are brilliant for voice quality, but unlike the<br>
>> Snom, a<br>
>> >> Polycom /will/ reboot on the drop of a hat /and/ take a damned<br>
>> 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<br>
>> through (T)FTP.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> They are however, extraordinarily configurable through the XML<br>
>> 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<br>
>> Snom320)<br>
>> >> puts me off a little.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> However, for a conference phone, the Polycom's can't be easily<br>
>> 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<br>
>> quality phone.<br>
>> > I agree on the provisioning - the web interface is useless, and<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> changes.<br>
>><br>
>> Darrick<br>
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