Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
On 06/22/2012 05:12 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote: One of the problems I faced with Polycom is the voice volume and ring volume, it is low. When it rings, even if it is maximum volume, still it is weak. When I talk and I set the volume to the maximum, I still feel the voice volume is low and would if to increase it. I have never, in over 7 years of using Polycom phones, heard anyone complain that the maximum volume was too low. Most devices of this type have their maximum volume controlled to meet guidelines set by government and industry recommendations (in order to avoid causing damage to users' ears), and the Digium phones are no exception. If you are finding that the volume produced by common SIP phones is too low and you can't make it loud enough, I'd bet that the problem is not in the phones, but in your environment or your ears :-) -- Kevin P. Fleming Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies Jabber: kflem...@digium.com | SIP: kpflem...@digium.com | Skype: kpfleming 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at www.digium.com www.asterisk.org -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 10:45 -0500, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: On 06/22/2012 05:12 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote: One of the problems I faced with Polycom is the voice volume and ring volume, it is low. When it rings, even if it is maximum volume, still it is weak. When I talk and I set the volume to the maximum, I still feel the voice volume is low and would if to increase it. I have never, in over 7 years of using Polycom phones, heard anyone complain that the maximum volume was too low. Most devices of this type have their maximum volume controlled to meet guidelines set by government and industry recommendations (in order to avoid causing damage to users' ears), and the Digium phones are no exception. If you are finding that the volume produced by common SIP phones is too low and you can't make it loud enough, I'd bet that the problem is not in the phones, but in your environment or your ears :-) Actually we get that complaint a lot too (Polycom ring volume). We typically install in hotel environments, and in their back office the environment can be noisy, as well as in their restaurants. I imagine in a typical office environment this wouldn't be an issue... j -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
On 25 Jun 2012, at 16:58, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: Actually we get that complaint a lot too (Polycom ring volume). We typically install in hotel environments, and in their back office the environment can be noisy, as well as in their restaurants. I imagine in a typical office environment this wouldn't be an issue... The old Cisco/Linksys SPA9xx series used to be ear-bleedinly loud. The newer SPA5xx series have been seriously toned down. I'm guessing it's all 'safety' related :S Steve -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
We have the ringer volume issue with some customer environments as well. We use Grandstream phones in a lot of installs so we just upload a custom ringtone with the db pushed up on it a bit. We are testing the Digium phones and have concerns if we will be able to use them for the high noise env customers. Polycom phones do have the same ring volume issue for these customers. No issues in general office env. Bryant From: Steven Howes steve-li...@geekinter.net Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:02 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40 On 25 Jun 2012, at 16:58, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: Actually we get that complaint a lot too (Polycom ring volume). We typically install in hotel environments, and in their back office the environment can be noisy, as well as in their restaurants. I imagine in a typical office environment this wouldn't be an issue... The old Cisco/Linksys SPA9xx series used to be ear-bleedinly loud. The newer SPA5xx series have been seriously toned down. I'm guessing it's all 'safety' related :S Steve -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
- Original Message - We have the ringer volume issue with some customer environments as well. We use Grandstream phones in a lot of installs so we just upload a custom ringtone with the db pushed up on it a bit. We are testing the Digium phones and have concerns if we will be able to use them for the high noise env customers. Polycom phones do have the same ring volume issue for these customers. No issues in general office env. For everyone complaining about the Polycom's lack of volume, are you simply hitting the volume buttons, or are you also aware of the myriad of adjustments available in the Polycom XML provisioning configs? We have a local educational customer that experienced volume problems with Polycom due to noisy classroom environments, and with a few tweaks to volume and gain in the XML configs pushed via TFTP, the phones were ear-splittingly loud, both ringers and handset. --Tim -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
Dears; One of the problems I faced with Polycom is the voice volume and ring volume, it is low. When it rings, even if it is maximum volume, still it is weak. When I talk and I set the volume to the maximum, I still feel the voice volume is low and would if to increase it. The volume is really very important (before we talk about features and provisioning), so if the Difium IP Phones have a good voice volume and ring volume (not the same problem that the Polycom has) then I am surely into selecting Digium. Looking to hear from you. Regards Bilal - Hi All; Any one used Digium IP Phones D40? I need to know if they are stable with good voice quality? Comparing to Polycom 330, which is better? Let us talk frankly although I know that we have to support Digium. I don't think these topics about comparing A to B work very well. For me, it comes down to what has worked well in the past. With that in mind, it will be hard for us to give up Polycom phones. I had the ability to test the Digium phones while at Digium, and they are rugged phones, they look professional too. However, I only tested with them for a month or so. Now the Digium phones have a tighter integration out of the box with Asterisk / Switchvox however that is not an added feature since we already have provisioning modules for Polycom phones. If you have never mass deployed Polycom phones, it does require some work. You need to get your hands dirty but Polycom has a lot of documentation about the process. With Digium, they take this point of pain away from you. A ship the phones with a tight integration with asterisk / Switchvox. There are some other features about visual voicemail and JS applications, however I don't require them so not a feature I am interested in. So, to answer your questions, compare Polycom to Digium. For me, the winner is Polycom because their phones have been around for years. Digium's only months. And because we have Polycom phones at 95% of the sites we manage, adding another vendor into the mix for use to support does not make sense at this time. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
Hi All; Any one used Digium IP Phones D40? I need to know if they are stable with good voice quality? Comparing to Polycom 330, which is better? Let us talk frankly although I know that we have to support Digium. Regards Bilal -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:58 AM, bilal ghayyad bilmar...@yahoo.com wrote: I need to know if they are stable with good voice quality? Comparing to Polycom 330, which is better? Let us talk frankly although I know that we have to support Digium. Voice quality is great. I would choose the Digium phones over a Polycom every time, that's an easy choice. -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium IP Phones D40
On 12-06-11 12:58 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote: Hi All; Any one used Digium IP Phones D40? I need to know if they are stable with good voice quality? Comparing to Polycom 330, which is better? Let us talk frankly although I know that we have to support Digium. I don't think these topics about comparing A to B work very well. For me, it comes down to what has worked well in the past. With that in mind, it will be hard for us to give up Polycom phones. I had the ability to test the Digium phones while at Digium, and they are rugged phones, they look professional too. However, I only tested with them for a month or so. Now the Digium phones have a tighter integration out of the box with Asterisk / Switchvox however that is not an added feature since we already have provisioning modules for Polycom phones. If you have never mass deployed Polycom phones, it does require some work. You need to get your hands dirty but Polycom has a lot of documentation about the process. With Digium, they take this point of pain away from you. A ship the phones with a tight integration with asterisk / Switchvox. There are some other features about visual voicemail and JS applications, however I don't require them so not a feature I am interested in. So, to answer your questions, compare Polycom to Digium. For me, the winner is Polycom because their phones have been around for years. Digium's only months. And because we have Polycom phones at 95% of the sites we manage, adding another vendor into the mix for use to support does not make sense at this time. -- Paul Belanger | PolyBeacon, Inc. Jabber: paul.belan...@polybeacon.com | IRC: pabelanger (Freenode) Github: https://github.com/pabelanger | Twitter: https://twitter.com/pabelanger -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
