See my post of a few moments ago and you have hit on the exact reason I will not use Cisco beyond my firewall (a purchase you will never regret if you need a good firewall). Cisco makes arguably some of (if not totally) the best equipment out there. I just have one problem.
Their licensing model is such that you can buy their product, at a premium price too mind you, ant then you have to pay MUCH extra for a support contract just to get images and just about everything else you need. That lead me to alternatives. Polycom, SNOM, Grandstream are just a few and each good based upon certain criteria (price vs. looks vs. performance, etc, etc). My personal choice is Polycom. Polycom IP300 phones are excellent if you do not need speaker phone. IP500 is excellent with all the features you may want. Go to the IP600 and you get a minibrowser though the benefit is arguable. My IP500s perform extremely well and the featureset is excellent. As before, phone choice is very preferential and what I like may be totally hated by someone else. However, in my opinion, the dollar/performance/presentation ration of these phones is excellent. Not to mention that the SIP images are available online as released instead of regulated the same way Cisco is. I just cannot bring myself to pay the Cisco premium for hardware then have to give them even more money for the things I need to make THEIR hardware work right. That would just seems like Cisco is sticking it to me too much... $0.02 Wiley PS. I have done my best to express that this is MY preference so be sure to weight all the opinions you find. Many have extremely good results using the Cisco phones and can justify the cost thusly. My enterprise just isn't built on that large a budget. -----Original Message----- From: Gunnar Andersson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7905G Hi All Just received my first 7905G from a distributer here in Sweden. According to the spec this phone should be able to use SIP. Now I been looking on Ciscos home pages for several hours trying to find a "SIP image" for this phone. No luck at all, need special access to be able to download software to this phone. Is it the fact, that I have to pay for a contract of some kind to be able to use this phone with SIP and *. This was the first product we bought from Cisco... and maybe the last. rgds Gunnar Andersson _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
