I 3rd that, we have over 600 aastra 480i's in use and they are excellent.
They are dead simple to program and have some very neat things you can
do with xml.
Phil.
Alex @ Kovasys Inc. wrote:
I would like to agree with Tim - we have been using 9133i and 480i for
the last few years - and never had any problems with them - especially
after the new software upgrade about a year ago. Very good phone that
is very easy to use and looks nice too :)
We have tried Grandstream 2000 GXP (keeps on breaking every 2 weeks),
GS 101 (horrible quality), Snom phones (very hard to use and very
expensive), as well as some Polycom and other brands. We have made our
decision to stick with Aastra for our offices. Very nice Canadian
company providing quality phones, at decent prices.
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On Jan 7, 2008 9:59 AM, Tim St. Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm a big fan of the Aastra line.
We use 9133i handsets as our default office set. It gives you three call
appearances (more if you use the programmable keys), 7 programmable / blf
keys, speakerphone, headset interface, backlit display, PoE, ethernet
passthrough. They are REALLY easy to provision using tftp or ftp. They
sound great and are pretty sturdy. If you want fancier phones, the 480i or
55i are nice, and there are versions that have cordless companion handsets.
Stay away from the 9112i. It doesn't do PoE, and the power supply it comes
with seems to fail after a year. All the other ones in the line seem to work
well. They are very intuitive to operate. I have about 80 or so fielded
with small business and SOHO customers. They seem to be well accepted. A
9133i is about $175, depending on where you buy and what quantities.
Polycom makes a good phone too, but they are a bit more complicated, and more
expensive than Aastra.
-Tim
On Monday 07 January 2008 09:53, Paul Nash wrote:
Hi
I'm looking for recommendations for handsets for a small office (10 -
15 people). The currently have a mix of Grandstream 102's (too
fragile for their staff) and Linksys SPA 921's (work fine).
The problem with the Linksys is that they find the menus confusing
(call hold, conference, etc) and lose the cheat-sheets that I stick up
next to the phones.
I am currently looking at a multi-line Linksys, Polycom, snom or
Aastra. Budget is about $200/handset (preferrably cheaper). Devices
need PoE, only need a single ether port.
I am looking for recommendations based on ease of use, voice quality,
reliability, robustness.
Any recommendations or horror stories welcome. Don't mind whether
they come from vendors (cross-posted to biz) or end users or
integrators or ...
Thanks in advance
paul
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