Every service provider VoIP phone I’ve run into has been an OEM of
something else and is usually easily flashed to the standard firmware.
I’ve seen Grandstream, Yealink, HTEK, and Fanvil. I’ve seen Polycom
models but not Poly models as well.
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------ Original Message ------
From "Ken Hohhof" <khoh...@kwom.com>
To "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com>
Date 4/1/2025 11:59:38 AM
Subject Re: [AFMUG] Desk VoIP Phones
I had a VoIP customer cancel and switch to Ooma Office. When I went to
retrieve the Grandstream phones, their new phones from Ooma were ...
Grandstream.
Just my opinion, but if this customer insists that only Cisco phones are real phones, it
sounds like what women would call a "red flag" on a first date. Only the first
of many worldview clashes in a relationship that isn't going to work.
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From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 12:41 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: [AFMUG] Desk VoIP Phones
We've been using grandstream phones for quite a while, cheap and easy to
provision. One of my new business customers is making a stink because 'he's
never heard of Grandstream, these phones just don't work with my bluetooth
headset, I NEED a Cisco phone because that's a real phone' I'm thinking that
it's mainly about ego, that his friends probably have Cisco phones on their
desks, and he doesn't, so he's making up issues.
I haven't used Cisco phones in many years, Linksys SPA504G's were my last
dabble into non-grandstream phones.
It looks like a Cisco phone with Bluetooth (A requirement) is about $550 for an
8851. How do you provision those? Is there any sort of cloud provisioning?
Still done with TFTP? Put some sort of call manager on site? I really like
that I can provision the Grandstream phones while they are behind the customers
firewall without having to do any port forwarding etc. Cisco always used to
like Licensing, is that still the case to use them with normal SIP, or are they
all SIP now.
Just wondering if it's worth trying to investigate Cisco phones for this one
customer, or if Cisco phones really want a Cisco Callmanager on the backend.
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