I'm considering put this on the voip-info.org Wiki, but I thought I'd throw it out a few observations here first:
* Cisco IP Phones are designed for enterprise deployments.
They are designed to be provisioned by the hundred or thousand. They are not designed to be deployed for a single user or even a small office. Sure, they work great in either of these settings, but they require more knowledge and infrastructure than most small offices have.
If you're a consultant or reseller, buying one or two and spending an afternoon figuring out how to provision them makes sense. Once you know how to provision one, provisioning a hundred is not difficult.
If you're an end user or a small office, you're not going to need to provision a hundred, so the process for provisioning one is going to seem a bit overwhelming.
Other VoIP equipment is clearly designed for at-home installation, with web-based interfaces, etc.
I think people should be aware of this when comparing IP Phone options.
cheers, glenn
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