VoIP hardware?

[Peter Loron]

Yeah, I've worked at a few places that had the Cisco stuff. Very nice  
quality, but I'm guessing you need to use Cisco for everything, and  
yes, they're spendy.

Thanks for the other info. Is there a local vendor for this sort of  
thing where I could go in and actually fondle the phones?

-Pete

On Feb 14, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Rick wrote:

> Peter Loron wrote:
>> I'm working on a small VoIP deployment, and was wondering if anybody
>> local had experience with commodity IP phones (Grandstream, Snom,  
>> etc)
>> and SOHO-level FXS & FXO equipment.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -Pete
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> Grandstream, and Polycom desktop models in the $130 range ( polycom  
> 330
> w/ PoE and dual ethernet switch ) feel cheaper than SNOMs in the  
> same range.
>
> Grandstream has a superior web interface, Polycom has the worst,  
> SNOM is
> adequate and worth the trade-off for phone quality.
>
> Grandstream FXO ATA boxes are good for legacy analog (cordless)  
> phones.
> Though I don't think they have any models that support PoE.  I'd
> appreciate a link to anybody who makes a good inexpensive one that  
> does.
>
> I assume if you have the budget that everything is wine and roses when
> you buy Cisco gear.  I've seen a few of their phones up close and they
> hands down blow everything else away.  But you may for the quality.
>
> -Rick
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