[cisco-voip] 79xx vs. 99xx

[Bob Zanett (AM)]

Frank,
I cannot speak to the phones directly but I can speak on behalf of VARs.  Cisco works with them very closely and also gives them views into the direction and strategy of products.  This allows the VARs time to begin to direct their customers.  This tends to occur prior to the public notices.  There are a myriad of ways for you to validate the information:

1.       Reach out to your Cisco account team

2.       Ask a question on the Cisco Community site
Why would I choose these methods?  You are going directly to Cisco to validate.

We do have customers using them around the globe but again I can't speak directly about them.

Kind Regards -

Bob Zanett
Technical Services Architect

From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Frank Arrasmith
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 7:10 PM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] 79xx vs. 99xx


Hey all,
  just want to poll the room regarding IP Phones they are using.   We recently deployed a large # of 9951/9971 phones, and encountered some pretty serious bugs(that dont have a fix/workaround yet).  Anybody else deploying these?  Are you having bugs in the Call Manager version you are running?  Other than the integrated video, what benefits do you see in them?. I have to say, after working on the 7900 series(sccp) for some time, with fairly rock solid performance, I am certainly not impressed with the 99xx phones.  I think they are particularly hard to use(compared to the 7900 phones) for someone with Cisco experience, and practically impossible for the average Joe. Maybe I am missing the big picture.  Has anyone seen exceptional benefits from using them? The decision to deploy these was above my head , and supposedly in part to the 7965's going end of life.  Is that true, or did we get suckered by our VAR(i couldnt find an EOL notice).


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