<snom-bias> I use them and like them a lot. Like all IP phones they have...charming quirks. But they are IMO no more or no less hassle than other IP phones, and the firmware at least is updated regularly and snom goes through great pains it seems to ensure that the phone is properly supported. They are also the best-documented phones with Asterisk in terms of interoperability, howto's and posts on the lists. I also like the degree of control and relative attention to detail you get through their web admin page, phone setup is super easy in Asterisk and AMP, and I also get little bonuses like a GSM codec. Some people complain about the lightness of the handsets, volume problems, and bad speakerphone; I guess it depends on your environment and business requirement. I have one in a framing shop, covered in sawdust all day, with the most annoying ring on high. You can hear it ring with the saws on. It works. I also have them in an environment where there's four people talking on the phone in a bullpen, and the fifth guy always puts his on speakerphone. That doesn't work.
</snom-bias> That being said, the other phones out there keep getting better and better. The Polycoms are well respected on the list. Big name high end phones with SIP like Cisco, Mitel and 3com work, too. Problem with high end handsets is sometimes you get locked into things like a service contract with Cisco just to download firmware images, or the vendor is a dickhead and won't publicly publish firmware like Mitel. There is a horde of SIP and IAX phones that are made by many Happy-Lucky-Fortune taiwainese style concerns, of which Grandstream is the poster child; interoperability, support and firmware updates will vary widely, however I have seen some pretty interesting looking handsets. Seems to me that it's hard to ensure a consistient rollout with these type of phones unless you were ordering n x 2 phones for spares, but with a single phone vendor like Snom, Cisco, or Mitel you could at least have the same *kinds* of interoperability issues to troubleshoot instead of a mongrel of different Chinese phones. OT: Hey, anyone still left reading this, quick poll: ADSI, Dead or Not? -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Bosch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:09 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Snom phones? Hi, everyone: I'm in the processing of deciding what IP phones we should use with our Asterisk server, and I wanted to get feedback from the user community on the quality, reliability and ease of operation of Snom phones. What do you have to say about these phones? Are there other phones you'd suggest along with or instead of Snom? Thanks, -Stephen- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
