I would love to hear some inputs on Aastra and Snom IP phones.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere <j...@jeff.net> wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Tim Nelson wrote: > > > ----- "Gordon Henderson" > > <gordon+aster...@drogon.net<gordon%2baster...@drogon.net>> > wrote: > >> If not using PoE I'd suggest getting a few extra PSUs though - that's > >> one > >> area I have had a few issues with - but maybe it's just been the UK > >> ones. > >> > >> Gordon > > > > The same can be said for the US versions. My experience has been it's not > a case of 'if' the PSU will fail, but 'when'. In a past (less intelligent) > life, I deployed a fair number of the GXP2020s and GXP2000s. There are not > very many of them left that haven't completely died(the phone itself), and > of those left, they've all had power supplies replaced. > > > > I cannot speak for the quality of the later devices from Grandstream. > After being burned, it's a bit hard to look at them again when there are so > many other quality devices available (think Polycom, Aastra, etc). > > > > --Tim > > > > I haven't used any standard Grandstream IP phones, but I am *trying* to > stabalize the new video phones they have come up with. I have several > GXV3000 and GXV3140s. I got through central provisioning using their java > based tool and for the most part these phones work, but have very odd > bugs. If left to itself for more than a few days the 3140 simply stops > answering calls. The 3000 has very odd DTMF issues - like doubling every > digit pressed. This is all fine and I know they are new products, but > what is frustrating is Grandstream's lack of support. The forums are next > to useless, and the firmware releases are always "coming very soon". > > Then there are my horrid experiences with their FXO gateways. Echo, bad > audio in general, needing a reboot every few days, etc. Again, support is > non existant. > > So regardless of the quality of the latest phones, the company itself > leaves a lot to be desired IMO. > > j > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Pascal B. http://www.kameleonlabs.com/ Samuel Goldwyn<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/samuel_goldwyn.html> - "I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong."
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