On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:01:38 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Well, just general office use. They are a real-state construction >company, so the phones will get some heavy use since most of the >phones are going to sales associates. > >Now, one of the things we are most interested in are: >1) Asterisk compatibility >2) Mass provisioning >3) Remote management >4) Excellent audio quality (I know there are many factors involved, >but would like to rule out the phone set itself) >5) Robustness >6) Vendor reputation and warranties > >We have used Linksys 941s in the past and think they're pretty good. >However, we've only used them in 3-5 phones office environments. >We've also used the Polycoms IP 501 and 650s. They seem good, but >sometimes the users complain about the audio being a bit weird in the >sense that, probably, the silence detection may give the user a >feeling that the line dropped. Then again, we've only used these once >(one client installation for each), so for practical purposes, we >don't really have any larger quantity real-life experience.
For my money it's Polycom every time. It's great hardware. Meets all your requirements. I thought that silence supression was specifically disallowed with Asterisk? Something about timing requirements not being met. Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] skype mjgraves fwd 54245 _______________________________________________ --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
