[cisco-voip] 79xx vs. 99xx

[Eric Butcher]

I've been using 9951 for a year or more and it has been fantastic.
Features aren't even a comparison.  Best of all has been the built-in
bluetooth for the headset.  You'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands.



Eric Butcher
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On 3/5/12 8:30 PM, "Peter Slow" <peter.slow at gmail.com> wrote:

>We have a couple hundred 9971s and they work great for both voice and
>video. We're running the standard firmware that comes with 8.6.1.210011.
>(I can check tomorrow)
>I'll agree that theres a very significant "learning curve." they're also
>noticeably slower at times, but you sure can do a lot of stuff with them.
>
>-Pete 
>
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Mar 6, 2012, at 2:09 AM, Frank Arrasmith <frank.arrasmith at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> 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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