<p>Grandstream phones work pretty well too. They have a few different models but we use a lot of the gxp series. They have lots of busy lamps, a web config, and some models will even tell you the loval weather and stock quotes. Aastra is good, and the only polycom I worked with is their conference phone which needed a linksys converter box to work. I have not had good luck with the linksys converter boxes as they tend to go bad while in use. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 28, 2011 10:37 PM, "Dave Weis" <<a href="mailto:djweis@internetsolver.com">djweis@internetsolver.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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For a solid phone, I do like the polycoms a lot. The voip platform we use has some xml integration with aastras so if you hit the voicemail button it shows a list of messages that you can hit to hear and erase. There are some other neat features like busy lamps that the astras do much better also.<br>
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I am a huge polycom fan. I buy the hd voice models for close to $250, but the less expensive models are good too.<br>
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As for the carrier side of things, there are reliable VoIP providers who start at $1.49/mo for a DID and 1.2c/min but you want to have a low latency connection for any VoIP provider (<a href="http://www.vitelity.com/pricing#voip" target="_blank">http://www.vitelity.com/pricing#voip</a>). I'm sure Dave can provide you fantastic service delivered via VoIP or POTS.<br>
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I've used vitelity for a couple years now and it is rock solid in the use cases we use it for!<br>
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-Tom<br>
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On Dec 28, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Dave Weis <<a href="mailto:djweis@internetsolver.com">djweis@internetsolver.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> If you want an asterisk system then I recommend aastra phones. They are under $200. Anything you buy for under $100 will probably be garbage.<br>
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> At 04:14 PM 12/28/2011, you wrote:<br>
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>> The nerve of those vendors trying to stay in business!! What price<br>
>> range do you want to spend? There are a lot of options.<br>
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> Well, .. staying in business is one thing, but $700 for a PHONE is a<br>
> little much. $20-$50 for utility phones, maybe $70-$100 for the main<br>
> desktops would be nice.<br>
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> Lee<br>
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