Hello I need to buy IP Phones to work with Asterisk, and I'm in doubt between Snom and Cisco Phones. Can you gurus, please, give me your impression of these 2 brands? I need to focus more in SIP and Asterisk compatibility and less in pricing (yes, I know the Cisco are more expensive). Are there any features that Snom has, that Cisco doesnt? And are these features important? Thanks Joao Pereira
Cisco Cisco or Linksys Cisco? Cisco Cisco, I'd prefer the Snom. Linksys Cisco, it's a tossup. I've worked with dozens of the Cisco 7960 phones, 25 of the Linksys, and 3 Snom. My specific issues with the Cisco included poor echo cancellation, problems with nat traversal, and no web interface. I didn't like any of the default ringers on the Snom phones, but the users really liked the LED call appearance lights compared to the 7960 LCD. I have no complaints about the Linksys phones. Ejay Hire -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Joao Pereira Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:21 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Snom or Cisco Phones? Hello I need to buy IP Phones to work with Asterisk, and I'm in doubt between Snom and Cisco Phones. Can you gurus, please, give me your impression of these 2 brands? I need to focus more in SIP and Asterisk compatibility and less in pricing (yes, I know the Cisco are more expensive). Are there any features that Snom has, that Cisco doesnt? And are these features important? Thanks Joao Pereira _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Comparing Snom to Cisco phones is sort of like comparing Mercedes to Kia cars.... Joao Pereira wrote:> Hello > I need to buy IP Phones to work with Asterisk, and I'm in doubt > between Snom and Cisco Phones. > Can you gurus, please, give me your impression of these 2 brands? I > need to focus more in SIP and Asterisk compatibility and less in > pricing (yes, I know the Cisco are more expensive). > Are there any features that Snom has, that Cisco doesnt? And are these > features important? > Thanks > > Joao Pereira > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
On 10/31/06, Joao Pereira <joao.pereira@fccn.pt> wrote:> Hello > I need to buy IP Phones to work with Asterisk, and I'm in doubt between > Snom and Cisco Phones. > Can you gurus, please, give me your impression of these 2 brands? I need > to focus more in SIP and Asterisk compatibility and less in pricing > (yes, I know the Cisco are more expensive). > Are there any features that Snom has, that Cisco doesnt? And are these > features important? > Thanks > > Joao PereiraI have a Cisco 7960 here in the home office, I recenty purchased a Snom 300 for the lounge. I wrote a very quick mini-review on my blog:- http://www.g6phf.co.uk/site/2006/10/05/snom-300-voip-phone-mini-review/ Christian @ Snom, whilst I have your 'ear' here :) Please can you add a backlight to future revisions of the Snom 300, it would be most welcome!! thanks Mike