Dan Morin wrote: > Sorry for the double post, I tried to paste and accidently sent the > email > > I've been playing with Asterisk for a few weeks now, and I've gotten > everything to work well with softphones, so I'm ready to move on to > normal VoIP phones. I've been looking around and reading comments > that people have had, and I was convinced that the Polycom IP300 was > a great phone for a good price. But, then I ran into this page, > which has been update in the last few days: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+SoundPoint+IP+500 > > The page in the wiki used to say that the person would not recomed > Polycom phones to anyone. So anyway, I just want to make sure that > the IP300 is a good choice. I don't want to get cheap phones that > aren't business quality, since I do play on using them for my > business after testing. Also, is the IP500 worth the extra money? > What can it do that the IP300 can't. And finally, will the IP300 do > ulaw encoding?
The IP300 is a nice entry-level business phone. It does not have a speakerphone, and cannot handle PoE, but other than that it is excellent. It is more expensive than some of the fully-featured generic phones, but it also is built to a much higher standard, including a properly weighted handset and high impact plastic. If price is the main thing, then this phone might be a bit too expensive ($130-$150), but if quality (or even just the *feeling* of quality) is important, this phone will serve well. The IP500 is a similar phone with more line appearances, a higher resolution display, full handsfree (Polycom-quality) and PoE. The IP500 has been favorably compared to the Cisco 7940. Cheers, -- Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 01/04/2005 _______________________________________________ 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
