Hello, Thanks for this awesome group and great software. Looking to set up a new phone system. I have setup Asterisk/FreePBX with basic SIP phones but I was looking at some affordable Cisco phones. I have read a few setup walk throughs on this forum and elsewhere online. Is there a table of compat…

…define “inexpensive”! I just received a new Digium D65 phone on Friday. Compared to a Sangoma s705 it is a clear winner. In contrast to the Ciscos the Digium D phones are made for Asterisk…and in contrast to the Sangoma the display is built in correctly ;-)…and the audio is much better on the d65. …

Hi Stindl, Thanks for the quick response! Those phones look beautiful.Thanks for letting me know about the D65, I will research a bit more about it. I was looking at a Cisco SPA525G which are about $30 to $50 each if I buy 10 of them off ebay,so they are pretty affordable. I guess I was looking a…

[image] stindl: and in contrast to the Sangoma the display is built in correctly :wink: Warning #1. Knock it off.

If you don’t mind getting EOL phones, I have a lot of Grandstream 1200 phones and they never gave me any issues. Granted they don’t have BLF keys or a big display, but if you are just looking for inexpensive phones and you don’t mind they are not getting any new firmware updates anymore, take a look…

[image] stindl: and in contrast to the Sangoma the display is built in correctly :wink: That’s cute. So how many other phones have their display built incorrectly? Do you know? You do understand how OEM’s work, right? Designing your phone is like getting a tattoo. You go into the shop (OEM) …

Sorry…because of the warning #1…I cannot answer in detail. The problem is that the display of the Sangoma s705 cannot be read, when the stand of the phone is in the lowest position and the phone isnt placed directly in front of you…because of the PC-keyboard. Yet, when you look at the screen from t…

Hey thanks for the response Arielgrin! Yes, I don’t mind EOL phones, as long as they are a decent phones then I don’t care about firmware updates. Especially nice considering the price and that I can have a few extras available. Thanks for the recommendations as well, I will check out those too. I…

[image] stindl: I cannot answer in detail. And yet you went into detail anyways to prove your point.

You can get new phones, low end model, for that cost. [image] [image] I cannot understand people’s drive to the bottom for phones that they will likely use for years.

[image] stindl: The problem is that the display of the Sangoma s705 cannot be read, when the stand of the phone is in the lowest position and the phone isnt placed directly in front of you So basically what you are saying is “The flatter I make the phone the harder it is to read the screen”. …

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tm1000 (Andrew Nagy) February 18, 2019, 4:16am 4

Warning #1. Knock it off.

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