[VoiceOps] What is your favorite line of IP Phones and Why?

[Nick Olsen]

In the following order.
  
 1. Yealink, (T41P, T46G, T48G) Easy to configure. Easy to upgrade. Just 
works. No real bugs that I've found.
 2. Polycom, (IP330, 550, 650..etc) Just works. Not as easy to configure. 
Has a few oddities. But once it's up. It's pretty solid.
 3. Grandstream. (GXP2140) Haven't had much seat time with them. But they 
might unseat polycom from the number two spot. Easy to upgrade/configure 
like the yealink. Just stay away from the android based ones. I've had some 
real issues with those.
  
 Used with Asterisk, Mostly in a hosted PBX environment. I really like the 
easy of using more advanced features in the yealink, Like multicast paging. 
BLF is super simple..etc.
  
 I will say though. I've got two Polycom IP650's in use at a local pizza 
place. Phones have queues on them for when customers call in. And are 
really put through hell. Hundreds of calls a day. Absolutely covered in 
flour and pizza. (The phone handsets are physically shiny now it's been 
handled so much). And it just keeps chugging (knock on wood).
  
 Nick Olsen
Network Operations  (855) FLSPEED  x106

  

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 From: "Colton Conor" <colton.conor at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 11:46 AM
To: "voiceops at voiceops.org" <voiceops at voiceops.org>
Subject: [VoiceOps] What is your favorite line of IP Phones and Why?   
 What is your favorite line of IP phones and why? What PBX or softswitch do 
you use these line of phones with?  
 I would love to hear responses for both Hosted PBX applications, and 
On-Prem PBX applications. 
  
 Is there any reason or need to use non IP phones in todays environment? I 
know NEC, Avya, and others make multiple digital non SIP phone systems. 


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