Dan I've had a snom 360 "on the bench" for about 10 days now. I too have become dispondent with Cisco's licencing structure
The snom 360 provides the majority of the high end Cisco features you would use 99% percent of the time, it doesn't have the flexibity of the on-demand buttons around the screen, but neither does it have a (IMHO) over complex settings file that the ciscos and polycoms seem to suffer. As it stands today, there are a few minor bugs in the firmware (sadly noted in the username / password login wizard) but nothing show stopping, which I feel is impressive given the phone is only a few weeks old (to the public). I have just posted another post asking for help regarding its provisioning (i'm useless at php), as it doesn't keep its settings for more than a few minuites without power At its price point, it seems a bargain for its power and flexibilty. I have been sent a pre-release of its manual (in its very final draft) which should be freely availible within the month. If it had the abilty to save its settings unless you did a reset, I would recomend it beyond doubt, as it stands its going to take a lot to beat it The softphone (if you have a windows pc) gives you a feel, but doesn't do it justice. If you have a few php skills, you help woluld be greatly apreicated - please see my other post :) Regards David On 5/6/05, Daniel Bingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apologies for asking more questions so quickly after my last one. A few > more questions about the Polycom phones: > > Searching the list I found a few references like this: > > "I would also like to figure out how to make the phone *ring* when > you're already on another line, but haven't had a chance to seriously > explore it yet." > > Is this still a problem in the latest firmware? This could sink my > hopes of going with a Polycom phone if there isn't a way to have them > give an audible alert that another line is ringing while you're already > on the phone. > > The Wiki says the IP-500 requires an additional chip to support power > over ethernet. Is this true of the IP-600 as well? > > If anyone can answer any of these questions, I would really appreciate > it. > > Thanks, > > Daniel Bingham > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wiley > Siler > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:14 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Opinions on Cisco 7960G, Polycom > IP-600,and Snom 360 > > Those are all three great phones and the choice gets really > preferential... > > I love my Polycoms and I recommend them all the time. I give props to > the Cisco stuff but like you, I can't stand paying extra even if it is > just a few bucks here and there. > > Polycoms can have a curve for figuring out the config files but once you > do it is a breeze. The speakerphones are excellent and the features > work with * with no real headaches. The IP500 (or even an IP300) is > sufficient for most users so save some bucks if you don't really need > the mini-browser and extra display lines of the 600. An IP 500 can take > plenty of concurrent calls and the features are excellent. > > I will let the others speak about SNOM and Cisco though I can say they > are well respected. My preference is just Polycom. If you get the > Polys let me know if you have trouble and I will assist you with config > off list. > > Cheers, > Wiley > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel > Bingham > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 8:36 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Opinions on Cisco 7960G, Polycom IP-600,and > Snom 360 > > Hello, > > We are planning to replace our current PBX with an Asterisk / SIP > solution, and are now trying to decide which phones to get. My first > thought was the Cisco 7960G, but the Cisco licensing scheme irritates me > enough that I'll probably end up going with either the Polycom IP-600 or > Snom 360. > > If anyone has any opinions of these phones, especially in comparison to > each other, I would really appreciate hearing them. Is there a reason > you would recommend one of these phones over the others, or any reason > why you would steer people away from a particular model? > > This is for a small office, with only 8-10 phones. A receptionist and a > couple of office staff will be responsible for watching the "office" > line(s), and three or four support reps will be watching a technical > support queue. Our environment dictates that we move around a lot, and > not necessarily be tied to our workstations, so being able to take calls > from any given phone is an important consideration. In the same vein, > knowing the status of other staff (i.e. if they are on a call or idle) > would be very useful, and is something we are used to with our current > setup. > > Thanks, > > Daniel Bingham > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users