Thanks to all who responded. This is just for home, so I don't think the 3 call limit will be an issue there.
-Pete On Aug 17, 2011, at 5:57 PM, James Babiak wrote: > The company I work for probably has hundreds of M3s installed out to our > customers. Overall, it's not a bad phone, but there are some limitations > (most of which having already been addressed). One of the biggest > drawbacks IMHO is the 3 simultaneous call maximum, even though they > support 8 handsets, and as the prior poster said, that includes having > more than three in a ring group. Firmware upgrades can take a very long > time, as we usually see about 15 minutes for the base station plus 15 > minutes per handset. It can take the entire system out of commission for > a while. There was also a bad Snom firmware release which was frying the > speakers, but Snom took care of those via RMAs. They also have > interference issues, but that could be said of most wireless phones. > > I also have three Snom M3s in my house, and we use them all the time. > The menu is a bit cumbersome to deal with, and the range is quite > limited in my experience. They do sell range extenders though if you > need them. > > The M3s are end-of-life though. > > We also sell M9s, and I've heard some good things about them > (specifically better than the M3s), but haven't really played with them > myself. HOWEVER, the provisioning side of things is pretty complex, and > we've been running into a lot of issues with them losing configuration > and having to be manually reset. Also, you can't just swap out phones > with an IPEI change, as you need to go through an entire setup on-site > with the base station, making remote support more difficult. With the > M3s, you can pre-configure the base station and just have the user pair > the phone when they get it. Much quicker. > > Whatever you do, don't get the Polycom Kirk phones. I have one of those, > and it's abysmal. I love Polycom desktop phones, but this wireless model > has no features, a craptacular interface, no VLAN support, and very > limited range. Whoever designed it should be shot. > > -James > > On 08/17/2011 04:12 PM, Ron Byer wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> We have deployed probably about 15-20 m3's, and have been shipping m9's >> over the past couple of months. I would agree with the prior posts >> regarding the keypad and the somewhat erratic SIP configuration, >> particularly as as departure from the deskphone configuration that is >> pretty much universal on the 3x series, and even the 8x series is pretty >> much the same. >> >> A couple of notes >> - You cannot remotely change the ringtone on the m3/m9's. If you are >> used to have a different inbound number ring differently on different >> phones, that won't fly on the m3/m9. >> - The concurrent calls on the m3 is 3 (out of the max handsets of 8), >> and on the m9 I believe it is 4 (of 9). That's pretty clear, but that >> also means that you cannot have more than that RING at the same time >> either. >> >> In general, they are pretty good, and they are inexpensive for a >> cordless phone in comparison with Polycom and Aastra, which will charge >> considerably more for the base station. They are presumably capable of, >> and are targeting, a much larger handset population. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Ron >> >> On 8/17/2011 3:32 PM, mgra...@mstvp.com wrote: >>> We had the very first m3 set that ABP uncrated in North America. I >>> actually badgered them into selling me one the week the shipment >>> arrived. They didn't have the price fixed so I ended up paying a >>> premium. >>> >>> My notes on them are here: >>> >>> http://www.mgraves.org/?p=1403 >>> >>> I'm kind interested in the m9, but we're pretty happy with the Gigaset >>> C61H& S79H handsets. >>> >>> Michael Graves >>> mgraves mstvp.com >>> o(713) 861-4005 >>> c(713) 201-1262 >>> sip:mjgra...@mstvp.onsip.com >>> skype mjgraves >>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: [Astlinux-users] Snom M3/M9 experience? >>>> From: Peter Loron<pet...@standingwave.org> >>>> Date: Wed, August 17, 2011 1:24 pm >>>> To: astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, folks. Anybody have experience with the Snom M3 or M9 DECT >>>> handsets? I'm considering deploying a small number of these in a SOHO >>>> environment. 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