[VoiceOps] Grandstream VoIP phones

[Ryan Delgrosso]

I think Alex is pretty close to customer reality here, where there is a 
perception of quality when the handset feels solid and has a rich, 
robust sounding speaker phone, and that perception of quality then 
reflects onto the provider that supplied the phone.

I have tens of thousands deployed grandstream devices, but they are all 
ATA's and I have been happy with them, however on the IP phone side of 
things we are still mostly a cisco SPA 5XX shop because of the 
perception of quality and the far lower quantity of corner case / 
protocol issues. The Sipura / Cisco SIP stack is pretty much the gold 
standard for SIP endpoints, and the pricing of the Grandstreams have not 
yet beat out that reliability.


On 08/17/2012 10:05 AM, Alex Balashov wrote:
> It's been a while, but my issue with Grandstream has always been:
>
> 1) SIP interoperability & stack problems.
>
> 2) Low-end speaker phone hardware, thus bad echo cancellation and 
> duplex handling.
>
> I mainly judge phone hardware by the quality of its speakerphone, 
> since I'm a very heavy user, so it may be a personal bias. However, by 
> that metric, the Cisco 79xx's and Polycoms win, and Grandstreams, 
> Snoms and Aastras lose.
>
> On 08/16/2012 08:07 PM, Carlos Alvarez wrote:
>
>> Who else on the list is using them, particularly in a hosted
>> environment?  We've just decided to transition to them as our primary
>> recommendation instead of the Cisco SPA series.  We did it because of
>> the value and feature set, like having an inexpensive phone with a small
>> BLF, which a lot of customers asked for.  I'm wondering if others have
>> tips they've learned along the way, or any advice they want to offer.
>>   Also anyone using the advanced features like the browser for anything
>> useful?
>>
>> For those who haven't tried them, or who like us, didn't like their
>> older models, take another look.  We have been surprised at the value
>> they give us.  The prices are low, but the functionality and quality are
>> high.  They aren't Polycom 600s to be sure, but they are nice phones
>> that have a huge set of features for a great price.  Customers are
>> liking them a lot.
>>
>> Has anyone used the new DECT phone?  We currently use the Panasonic DECT
>> phones but they are a nightmare to configure.
>>
>> If anyone wants to get in touch with them, our Grandstream contact is
>> Dennis Ryan, dryan at grandstream.com <mailto:dryan at grandstream.com> .
>>
>> -- 
>> Carlos Alvarez
>> TelEvolve
>> 602-889-3003
>>
>>
>>
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