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Originally Posted by mattpark
Where did you get yours from?
I've been using softphones at the office up until now, but i think it may be time to make the leap in to a fully fledged IP phone.
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I bought mine through a guy who was recommended to me on ebay (davidboyce). The Cisco phone normally retails at around £220 and as new, comes configured for use via Cisco's call manager. But Cisco also make a SIP firmware to convert it to operate as a normal IP phone.
It's a very high quality phone. Very clear audio, plenty of volume, large LCD display, loads of features. Mine is secondhand, you can pick them up for around £120 with the SIP 7.5 firmware installed and ready to go.
I had a Grandstream Budgetone 101 before this, but missed the ability to be able to store numbers. Also the sound quality wasn't the best. So, I asked around for what would be a good quality phone ands everyone I spoke to said this Cisco model was like the Rolls Royce of IP phones. So, I took the plunge and I'm very pleased I did. I've been very pleased with it. Took a bit of getting my head around how to set up the config file, which isn't as user friendly as some, but it just sits there now doing it's job.
I was very sceptical about spending this amount of cash at first, but I now tell people this phone was the best IT investment I ever made. I truly love it!
