[Freeswitch-users] SIP phones -

Fri Aug 16 16:34:54 MSD 2013

I¹ve never found polycoms hard to debug or configure, you just need to set
up a proper boot server for them... Once you do that, the configs are
straight forward, and it¹ll actually logs back to that server...

On 8/16/13 7:25 AM, "Peter Blackford" <peter at onemetric.com> wrote:

> I HATE Polycoms they are hard to configure and hard to debug.
> 
> I really like the Cisco SPA series as they are reliable however also hard to
> debug. Snoms and Yealinks are good and a lot easier to debug (Pulling packet
> captures directly from the phone makes life a lot easier)
> 
> Just my 2c.
> 
> 
> On 16 August 2013 20:35, Lawrence Conroy <lconroy at insensate.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>  +3 for the Gigasets. I have a number of these setups -- with different
>> handsets.
>> These are working fine with fS in all of my servers.
>> TL;DR: I paid my own money for two of these for my own use. My wife doesn't
>> know
>>  she's using SIP for all calls -- it's just a 'phone.
>> 
>> Voice Quality seems to be good, range is excellent, battery life is fine
>> (though
>> they spend most of their time in the desk stands, charging).
>> I have not used bluetooth headsets with them, so can't talk on that. The 2.5
>> mm
>> audio connector works fine (some folk prefer clipping the phone to their
>> waist
>> and wearing a headset -- YMMV).
>> The N300A (consumer DECT SIP base station) voicemail is OK, but IMHO
>> over-compresses.
>> The in-built web server by which the base is configured is OK if slow.
>> Configuring the base via a connected handset is possible, but like every
>> manufacturer's
>> version of that I've seen, it's not recommended for mere mortals without a
>> lot of patience.
>> [...and apart from the annoyance of the battery compartment door falling open
>> if you
>> drop them, and the handset NOT being waterproof/toiletproof, they're
>> remarkably robust]
>> 
>> As for Polycom, can't speak for the "straight" SIP versions, but I have
>> experience
>>  of their Lync DECT multicell system & handsets; IMHO these don't even reach
>> the
>>  'blows goats' level. Work has 50 of them; user feedback is that voice
>> quality,
>>  coverage, battery life is "not as good as we might hope".
>> Opinion seems to be that these are a step back from the siemens cellular DECT
>> 'phones we had on the old "steam" PBX (being polite).
>> Sigh.  For all portable systems, Try before you buy.
>> 
>> all the best,
>>  Lawrence
>> 
>> 
>> On 16 Aug 2013, at 10:15, Andrew Cassidy wrote:
>>> > Polycom is the name I see the most on this list, I've some some experience
>>> > with Snom and Grandstream. The do the job but my favourites are Cisco
>>> > SPA50x series.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 16 August 2013 08:22, Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>>> >> Gigaset 610IP is a great cordless ip-phone. Works perfectly with
>>>> >> FreeSWITCH. You can also have several handsets served from one base.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  ------------------------------
>>>> >> *From:* Karl Schmidt <karl at xtronics.com>
>>>> >> *To:* freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2013 5:36 AM
>>>> >> *Subject:* [Freeswitch-users] SIP phones -
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I am thinking of getting a couple of SIP phones for our system - I see
>>>> >> some used on ebay.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Are there ones to avoid? Good ones to seek?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I have a couple of places where there needs to be a backup phone in case
>>>> >> the workstation is
>>>> >> rebooting. I can set up POE if that sounds like a good idea.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Depending on what happens, I could then start retiring some of the
>>>> analog
>>>> >> phones replacing with SIP
>>>> >> phones.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The bits I'm finding on the web is almost all by someone selling and
>>>> >> mostly spammy information. A
>>>> >> few clues could go a long way.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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