<div dir="ltr">I HATE Polycoms they are hard to configure and hard to debug.<div><br></div><div>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)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Just my 2c.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 August 2013 20:35, Lawrence Conroy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lconroy@insensate.co.uk" target="_blank">lconroy@insensate.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Folks,<br>
+3 for the Gigasets. I have a number of these setups -- with different handsets.<br>
These are working fine with fS in all of my servers.<br>
TL;DR: I paid my own money for two of these for my own use. My wife doesn't know<br>
she's using SIP for all calls -- it's just a 'phone.<br>
<br>
Voice Quality seems to be good, range is excellent, battery life is fine (though<br>
they spend most of their time in the desk stands, charging).<br>
I have not used bluetooth headsets with them, so can't talk on that. The 2.5 mm<br>
audio connector works fine (some folk prefer clipping the phone to their waist<br>
and wearing a headset -- YMMV).<br>
The N300A (consumer DECT SIP base station) voicemail is OK, but IMHO over-compresses.<br>
The in-built web server by which the base is configured is OK if slow.<br>
Configuring the base via a connected handset is possible, but like every manufacturer's<br>
version of that I've seen, it's not recommended for mere mortals without a lot of patience.<br>
[...and apart from the annoyance of the battery compartment door falling open if you<br>
drop them, and the handset NOT being waterproof/toiletproof, they're remarkably robust]<br>
<br>
As for Polycom, can't speak for the "straight" SIP versions, but I have experience<br>
of their Lync DECT multicell system & handsets; IMHO these don't even reach the<br>
'blows goats' level. Work has 50 of them; user feedback is that voice quality,<br>
coverage, battery life is "not as good as we might hope".<br>
Opinion seems to be that these are a step back from the siemens cellular DECT<br>
'phones we had on the old "steam" PBX (being polite).<br>
Sigh. For all portable systems, Try before you buy.<br>
<br>
all the best,<br>
Lawrence<br>
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On 16 Aug 2013, at 10:15, Andrew Cassidy wrote:<br>
> Polycom is the name I see the most on this list, I've some some experience<br>
> with Snom and Grandstream. The do the job but my favourites are Cisco<br>
> SPA50x series.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 16 August 2013 08:22, Stanislav Sinyagin <<a href="mailto:ssinyagin@yahoo.com">ssinyagin@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Gigaset 610IP is a great cordless ip-phone. Works perfectly with<br>
>> FreeSWITCH. You can also have several handsets served from one base.<br>
>><br>
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>> I have a couple of places where there needs to be a backup phone in case<br>
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