Todd, I think the general rule you are looking for is "Any Internet phone that uses the SIP protocol should work." That rules out the 3COM NBX phones. I have used Cisco 504Gs rather extensively. Once we got the NAT settings down, they have been great. They do have backlighting, but are rather costly at about $175 - $200. I am watching replies to your question for an answer from someone who says something "I use ______ and they are cheap, have 4 lines and work great!" Hope that helps a little. Sean -----Original Message----- From: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Todd Bailey Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 4:37 PM To: FreeSWITCH Users Help Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Fs compatible phones? My question is evolving into not who but what. It it safe to say any phone marketed as a 'IP Phone' will work or are there gotchas that I need to know about ? On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 12:48 -0700, Todd Bailey wrote:
Thanks for the info but well beyond my price range. The 3com is cheap and probably due to being tied to the specific pbx package.
The Cisco has good reviews but the display isn't back lit, making use in a dark room problematic.
The used GrandStream models are affordable but from what I read suffer from poor audio.
I rapidly running out of options here, any one else care to jump in?
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 14:22 -0400, Roger Castaldo wrote:
I have had good success with snom phones and they are solid for the price
On Jul 3, 2012 12:36 PM, "Todd Bailey" <toddb@toddbailey.net> wrote: Hi All,
New to this tech and a bit confused on what to buy/features etc.
I'm looking for a basic desk phone, perhaps with a few speed dial and maybe gee-wiz buttons. I found this one with a decent price 3Com NBX 1102 but the ad states Requires R4.X system software or greater. Not sure what this is nor do I need to?
If I buy "any" digital phone that has a rj-45 ethernet jack does that automatically mean it's compatible?
other models in my price/feature range
Cisco CP-7940G Unified IP Phone
I was looking at a few grand stream models but the reviews lead me to move on
thanks
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