Thanks Joe. The polycom phones look pretty good. The only odd thing is that they make you use a reseller in order to get updates ;(
Sincerely, Jonathan Miller > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Joe Greco > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 1:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Simple phone question > > > Thanks for all the info Joe. I would really like to > avoid cisco > > phones if possible. We've been bitten so many times by > them already > > (Cisco Routers, Access Routers, Switches). Generally they > provide no > > support without a contract, and even that does not keep them from > > end-of-lifing their products every year (or it least that's what > > happened with the brand new gear we've bought from them so > far.. i.e. > > as5200, as5350, catalyst3500xl). > > Yeah, that's a problem, for sure. It's a "no one ever got > fired for buying IBM" kind of thing. Actually, I'm fairly > impressed with the 7960 though. > > > I'd prefer someone else who will provide firmware fixes/updates > > without a contract. > > That'd be, let's see, um, oh, "everyone except Cisco" I think. > > My own reading suggests that Polycom would be the next thing to try. > They have a number of phones roughly equivalent to the > various Ciscos, followed fairly closely by the Snom phones. > You will, of course, hear other opinions. > > > Say, where's the wiki? > > You haven't found the WIKI? http://www.voip-info.org ... > > *Very* useful. > > ... JG > -- > Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - > http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' > rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you > again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) > With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way > too many apples. > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
