RE: [Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ?

[Asterisk online forums]

Carlos,   It depends how good phone do you need. Grandstream phones are cheapest on market.  Sometimes, when you are dealing with something cheap you might think that it’s garbage and this is why it’s cheap. In case of Grandstream IP Phones, I would say they are normal, they have all basic functionalities which are required for small * implementation. However, if you need excellent great phone, you definitely need to go for Cisco IP Phone, which will cost you much more. Many people are using Grandstream IP Phones, so we can say they are more or less normal phones. If you don’t play with firmware of IP Phone and won’t experiment with early pre-releases of software, I think you will be out of problems. To give you small overview, Grandstream has two basic versions of IP Phones: 1 port Ethernet BT101 model and Dual port Ethernet BT102. If you are limited with number of Ethernet ports on your hub/switch then you need to with BT102 model, because it has 2 Ethernet ports, one for LAN and one for PC, so it is acting as a small 1 port hub. It supports NAT, so you can call behind NAT, all you need is correctly make configuration of your Asterisk. Phones have different colors: black, white and blue.   Because of phone look with “glass” dialpad buttons, some people on mailing list calls those Barbirtones ;-)     So when you will make your choice, think that you are buying car, you can buy some Ford to drive everyday as a horse or you can buy luxury Mercedes, also to drive everyday but in different way ;-) If you like to purchase phones, we can help you, we are official Grandstream distributors. Discounted pricing is $65 for BT101 model and $75 for BT102 +s/h.  We have currently products in stock in New York warehouse. BT101 model we have black and blue colors, BT102 white and black. If you need any phone, send your inquiry to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . We accept Credit Card (Visa/MasterCard), Wire transfer, company/personal check (should be clear before product will be shipped), Money orders and paypal. Credit Card and Paypal shipping/billing address should match for security reason.   Thanks, Alexander XVOIP, LLC New York, NY   ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Don’t forget to visit our Asterisk Online Forums: http://asterisk.xvoip.com We are waiting for you.                     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Arnt Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best SIP PHones to buy ?   Hi People,   Can anyone help-me here with a simple question. I wanna buy a Sip Phone, but what is the best and cheap one ?   I see alot of messages about, grandstream , snow etc etc.   So for use with my * system, what sip phone is the best ??   Can him be used behind a nat system etc ? Or with a Broadband connection etc ?   Thanks alot for help!!   Carlos.   _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users