<div dir="ltr">Lisa,<div><br></div><div>we found our selves in this same situation about 3 years ago. we were pretty much a 7961 environment (1200+ phones). because we have multiple sites we just came up with a refresh cycle. for us, it was just 3 short years. Depending on your deployment, you might have to take longer. </div><div><br></div><div>We chose the 8861's as our replacement as they most similarly matched our 7961's but had a color screen and gig. But it did come with some training issues. the physical buttons caused our users some issues. </div><div><br></div><div>for the younger users..... what is a Tape???? (VM button icon) LOL. guess I'm getting old.</div><div><br></div><div>YMMV</div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Lisa Notarianni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lisa.notarianni@scranton.edu" target="_blank">lisa.notarianni@scranton.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We will soon be able to provide Gig to desktop but our current phones will prevent us from doing so. We need to devise a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">plan and wondered what others do for their equipment.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The majority of phones we have are 7900 series. They are working well for the most part so we replace as needed.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We are concerned that the 7900 series may be eliminated from a future CUCM version and prevent us from upgrading.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Does anyone have a plan for a refresh on Cisco VoIP phones?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Do you lease or did you purchase?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We appreciate any information you can offer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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