Gary wrote:

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:52:40 +0000, w fm3 wrote:



Hi

I am struggling with hardware choices to get started with. My options are narrowed down to SIP phones - Polycom IP500, IP600 and Cisco 7940G.

of importance is:

- functionality / integration with asterisk
- headset functionality and use
- voice quality
- build quality

Is there much of a difference between Polycom and Cisco? Scanning the group it looks like there may be slightly more issues with Polycom but I don't know how they stack up on the integration with Asterisk and future flexability.

Any recommendations appreciated.

Thanks

Walt




I would seriously start looking at IP Phones based on the PA1688 chipset. Particularly those which use one of the standard loads....

Have a look at http://www.aredfox.com/edownloads.htm
whistl IAX2 at the time of writing is not there, its wont be long at
all :-)


We are using Polycom 500-600, Cisco 7940 everyday. We tried PA1688-based phones. The latest are very far from desired business quality, also those have limited set of functions.

After trying a few phones we picked Polycom IP600 for our 10+ extensions setup. No regrets so far.

Of course, IAX2 firmware for Polycoms and/or Cisco would have solved SIP-NAT-related headache for telecommuters and remote SOHO setups.

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