On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Andrew Joakimsen wrote: > For the price Grandstream GXP-2000 is very feature packed and has a > decent size and resolution display. The menus aren't the nicest but > the phone works and it does not sound bad. For $70 you get what you > pay for and the firmware is pretty stable and always being updated.
I've been a bit of a Grandstream "enthusiast" for some time now, and generally get on very well with them, but I have to say that recently I've become somewhat irritated by them. I know they had some hardware issues way back, but I've never encountered any of them. For the money, it *is* a feature packed phone. It's a bit plasticy and the sound quality isn't as good as say a Snom, but I've a lot of customers for whom the price is right. For a long time I've used software version 1.1.1.14, but recently they've had newer versions which I've been unable to downgrade to that version. Their latest version, 1.1.5.15 has fixed a few things, removed the router function (which I had no use for anyway), but in return I now get the occasional buzzing sound every few minutes from one older phone I've upgraded. Not sure about the new ones, not dared to upgrade them yet! Additionally, some phones I have out in the field which were shipped with some intermediate version of the s/ware have odd audio problems. I've emailled them, and get replies eventually, nothing forthcoming about a fix yet, so who knows... I do like the phones though, the GXP2000 is very nice, if a little "fisher price", and for the money I can't better it, but if their software doesn't stabilise, then who knows what I'll be tempted to move to in the future... (probably Snom if I can persuade my customers to pay a little more - the 300's screen is jsut too small, and the price difference between that and the 320 is just a bit too much for my market...) Gordon _______________________________________________ --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