Re: VoIP hardware?

I've used the Linksys SPA 942 and 962 models on a couple Speakeasy VOIP 
installs and really like them.

-Daniel Marsh
> we tried almost everything a couple years back while developing our VoIP 
> service offering, including grandstream, and really like the gear from 
> Sipura.  Sipura was bought by Cisco about 1.5 years back and it is now the 
> guts of the entire Linksys VoIP offering.  You wont go wrong if you go with 
> the new Linksys gear.  They have a business phone model for about $100 that 
> is great.  Their residential ATAs are also very nice.
>
> tyler
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> Tyler van Houwelingen
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Loron" <[email protected]>
> To: "SeattleWireless Talk List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:34 AM
> Subject: Re: VoIP hardware?
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>> Yeah, I've worked at a few places that had the Cisco stuff. Very nice
>> quality, but I'm guessing you need to use Cisco for everything, and
>> yes, they're spendy.
>>
>> Thanks for the other info. Is there a local vendor for this sort of
>> thing where I could go in and actually fondle the phones?
>>
>> -Pete
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Rick wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Peter Loron wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I'm working on a small VoIP deployment, and was wondering if anybody
>>>> local had experience with commodity IP phones (Grandstream, Snom,
>>>> etc)
>>>> and SOHO-level FXS & FXO equipment.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> -Pete
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>>> Grandstream, and Polycom desktop models in the $130 range ( polycom
>>> 330
>>> w/ PoE and dual ethernet switch ) feel cheaper than SNOMs in the
>>> same range.
>>>
>>> Grandstream has a superior web interface, Polycom has the worst,
>>> SNOM is
>>> adequate and worth the trade-off for phone quality.
>>>
>>> Grandstream FXO ATA boxes are good for legacy analog (cordless)
>>> phones.
>>> Though I don't think they have any models that support PoE.  I'd
>>> appreciate a link to anybody who makes a good inexpensive one that
>>> does.
>>>
>>> I assume if you have the budget that everything is wine and roses when
>>> you buy Cisco gear.  I've seen a few of their phones up close and they
>>> hands down blow everything else away.  But you may for the quality.
>>>
>>> -Rick
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