Is there a specific SIP or IAX phone that truly shines above the rest where it comes to 'happy' compatibility with Asterisk? I guess I'm talking about feature sets, like early-dial, off hook call announcing, conferencing, echo suppression, etc etc.. I, like many others, bought a Budgetone for early testing, and need some new eye candy! OHCA is a feature that I'd love to integrate, and it seems that not too many phones support it out of the box. Chris Coulthurst <mailto:chris@shuksan.com> chris@shuksan.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050423/3a1c831c/attachment.htm
IMHO its the Cisco 7960. I have 5 of them littered around mu house. My wife uses the intercom feature to hunt me down when she has "honey do" lists for me. I must get around to breaking that feature ;-} Chris Coulthurst wrote:> > > Is there a specific SIP or IAX phone that truly shines above the rest > where it comes to ?happy? compatibility with Asterisk? I guess I?m > talking about feature sets, like early-dial, off hook call announcing, > conferencing, echo suppression, etc etc?. > > > > I, like many others, bought a Budgetone for early testing, and need some > new eye candy! > > OHCA is a feature that I?d love to integrate, and it seems that not too > many phones support it out of the box. > > > > > > > > **/Chris Coulthurst/** > > //chris@shuksan.com// <mailto:chris@shuksan.com> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have to agree, the Cisco 7960 is probably the best (I have yet to try a 7970/71). Cisco are a pain to deal with (they only want to deal with large value customers/distributors) and the phone do have some small quirks/bugs but they are the best in functionality and build quality. They are also the best speaker phone for small conferences. - -- Ron Wellsted http://www.wellsted.org.uk ron@wellsted.org.uk FWD:519961 Gossiptel:9309811 N 52.567623, W 2.137621 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBQmqolktP/KMNOfRbAQKunAgAjDNbdUk9pf1psj9HeRFOila9Je/5G+fk +9BCLiaFX6dHwlMypkP1kCSSn09GIHgPlOW2TjQnixKWai20m7H7Kg9TyhppHsO/ Ehzz3oZonDalqjZnb7FhcfW2pvokBaNTGPtABGjNsffx6d4AO5X63VZ505DoRM7W S1kZAeUeuAAsrr7a8L3lm7o0zRRRJvKUCkCk0u/tW9/LdbdhCd3Z+ISunb3KoIXQ k6fXwhP4O61iSZsHRo3m42UR+ha3HHn1ZL/jYOJ3IUJYexJLDnmoxidmW1xjis3o l92eteUHq48AHyHw2JtdvdDdfl9XDOyDAyStCGrwXIXPUprFH/QgBQ==+bDS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Gregory Wiktor - ADCom Corp.
2005-Apr-23 17:05 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Best of the best of IP Phones
I just got a cisco 7960, a bit tough to get going at first but it's a great phone. Supports OHVA, and the dialplan is very nice in that you can have autocompletion based on your plan. for example, if I dial 300, the phone completes, whereas if i dial a 1+ number there is a timeout. For OHVA, you choose a line to use, and you can have calls autoanswer, so its not much OHVA but rather like a pbx autoanswer. It is an expensive phone, but to give you an idea I just replaced my $500 original pingtel phone with the $300 cisco 7960. Also, sound quality is excellent. All I wish it had is an actual hold button rather than using the screen. Greg ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Chris Coulthurst Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:10 AM To: Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best of the best of IP Phones Is there a specific SIP or IAX phone that truly shines above the rest where it comes to 'happy' compatibility with Asterisk? I guess I'm talking about feature sets, like early-dial, off hook call announcing, conferencing, echo suppression, etc etc.... I, like many others, bought a Budgetone for early testing, and need some new eye candy! OHCA is a feature that I'd love to integrate, and it seems that not too many phones support it out of the box. Chris Coulthurst chris@shuksan.com <mailto:chris@shuksan.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050423/90815d7f/attachment.htm
Eric Wieling aka ManxPower
2005-Apr-23 22:22 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Best of the best of IP Phones
Ron Wellsted wrote:> I have to agree, the Cisco 7960 is probably the best (I have yet to try > a 7970/71). Cisco are a pain to deal with (they only want to deal with > large value customers/distributors) and the phone do have some small > quirks/bugs but they are the best in functionality and build quality. > They are also the best speaker phone for small conferences.Have you tried Polycom? -- Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Chris Coulthurst wrote:> Is there a specific SIP or IAX phone that truly shines above the rest > where it comes to 'happy' compatibility with Asterisk? I guess I'm > talking about feature sets, like early-dial, off hook call announcing, > conferencing, echo suppression, etc etc.. > > I, like many others, bought a Budgetone for early testing, and need some > new eye candy! > OHCA is a feature that I'd love to integrate, and it seems that not too > many phones support it out of the box.I've got Polycom and Cisco phones and quite frankly, I prefer the Polycom Soundpoint IP-500 and 600 to my Cisco's now. All things being equal between the phones, the following are why I prefer the Polycoms: 1. Better speakerphone than the Cisco 7960s. Despite the fact that Cisco licensed Polycom's SpeakerPhone technology, the SoundPoint IP 500 and 600 just sound and work better. 2. Lower price point: $185 for a NEW SoundPoint IP 500 is better than the $225 I see for used 7960s. 3. FTP based provisioning. TFTP is fine, but doesn't work very well through some NAT implementations. The PolyCom's can be centrally provisioned from any FTP server, and NAT doesn't seem to be a problem for it. 4. More intuitive User Interface. My clients require less training and are up and running quicker on the Polycoms. These are my opinions.... I love BOTH phones, and you can't go wrong with either choice, but for my needs the Polcom's work a lot better. -- Vice President of N2Net, a New Age Consulting Service, Inc. Company http://www.n2net.net Where everything clicks into place! KP-216-121-ST
> The Polycoms also include a power supply and SIP firmware, which the > Ciscos > do not. Overall I just think the Polycoms are a better value. >Cisco SIP firmware does not support subcribe/notify method (busy line/extension status). Polycom does support it. I have cisco phones right now and I'm planning to buy Polycom. Sergio