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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller SoundPoint 560 works just fine over tftp

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch
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        But I generally agree with you. They are such a pain in the ass to work with.

        Someone over on the FreePBX community finally figured out that you had to accept an upload form the phones if you wanted them to provision over HTTP/HTTPS. It was this logic I co-opted for the Yealink local contact backup.

        https://community.freepbx.org/t/polycom-phones-via-http-and-https/56767

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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          @RojoLoco said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

          I think that is the exact same phone we have at the front desk. Given to us by AT&T, has not been any trouble so far... but everything else here is an antique Cisco (SPA504G), of which I managed to brick about 10 trying to provision them with AT&T's broken instructions.

          I think that is the SPA model we used to replace these Polycoms temporarily till we order more Yealinks.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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            @WrCombs said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

            what's the take on Toshiba Ip Series phones?

            not even on the radar, Toshiba makes phone systems, do they sell phones?

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            • WrCombsW
              WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

              @WrCombs said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

              what's the take on Toshiba Ip Series phones?

              not even on the radar, Toshiba makes phone systems, do they sell phones?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                @WrCombs that's Mitel now. So... not good. High cost, meh quality.

                No old school maker like Toshiba, NEC, etc. is known to be any good.

                Basically the big players are people like Yealink and Snom. Second tier has Sangoma and Ubiquiti. Getting into many other names sends you down a rabbit hole of problems and cost.

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                • WrCombsW
                  WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                  @WrCombs that's Mitel now. So... not good. High cost, meh quality.

                  No old school maker like Toshiba, NEC, etc. is known to be any good.

                  Basically the big players are people like Yealink and Snom. Second tier has Sangoma and Ubiquiti. Getting into many other names sends you down a rabbit hole of problems and cost.

                  gotcha, thanks for explaining that

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                    @WrCombs said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                    what's the take on Toshiba Ip Series phones?

                    not even on the radar, Toshiba makes phone systems, do they sell phones?

                    Toshiba, technically Toshiba Unified Communications, no longer exists.

                    Mitel bought them in 2017.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                      @WrCombs that's Mitel now. So... not good. High cost, meh quality.

                      No old school maker like Toshiba, NEC, etc. is known to be any good.

                      Basically the big players are people like Yealink and Snom. Second tier has Sangoma and Ubiquiti. Getting into many other names sends you down a rabbit hole of problems and cost.

                      Current Grandstream models are supposed to be much improved. I have not yet gotten to test them myself though.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                        @JaredBusch said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                        @WrCombs that's Mitel now. So... not good. High cost, meh quality.

                        No old school maker like Toshiba, NEC, etc. is known to be any good.

                        Basically the big players are people like Yealink and Snom. Second tier has Sangoma and Ubiquiti. Getting into many other names sends you down a rabbit hole of problems and cost.

                        Current Grandstream models are supposed to be much improved. I have not yet gotten to test them myself though.

                        And they weren't that bad before, just really cheap. But even in their cheap years were good value for cheap phones.

                        I forgot to list them. Worth considering.

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                        • M
                          manxam
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                          Not that my opinion matters much considering the scale of what @scottalanmiller and @JaredBusch deploy, but we've had good luck with the GXP-2170 Grandstream phones and FreePBX.

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                          • jt1001001J
                            jt1001001
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                            So I should just get rid of the TOTE of 20 or so IP650 Polycom phones someone left on my desk?
                            (for those not in the know, my desk often becomes the Junk/Recycle pile collection site for some reason)

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @jt1001001
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                              @jt1001001 said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                              (for those not in the know, my desk often becomes the Junk/Recycle pile collection site for some reason)

                              Funny, mine does this as well, must be some kind of magnet. . .

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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1 @DustinB3403
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                                @DustinB3403 said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                                @jt1001001 said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                                (for those not in the know, my desk often becomes the Junk/Recycle pile collection site for some reason)

                                Funny, mine does this as well, must be some kind of magnet. . .

                                It's the same attitude that IT = takes care of all things that plug into a wall. It plugs in and I'm throwing it out, I bet the IT guy would like it.

                                Now let me introduce them to Mr Reality, the IT guy is just going to throw it away and be annoyed that he has to.

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @travisdh1
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                                  @travisdh1 said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                                  @jt1001001 said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                                  (for those not in the know, my desk often becomes the Junk/Recycle pile collection site for some reason)

                                  Funny, mine does this as well, must be some kind of magnet. . .

                                  It's the same attitude that IT = takes care of all things that plug into a wall. It plugs in and I'm throwing it out, I bet the IT guy would like it.

                                  Now let me introduce them to Mr Reality, the IT guy is just going to throw it away and be annoyed that he has to.

                                  No, a real IT staffer will ensure it is properly recycled.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @jt1001001
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                                    @jt1001001 said in Deploying Polycom Phones Properly:

                                    So I should just get rid of the TOTE of 20 or so IP650 Polycom phones someone left on my desk?
                                    (for those not in the know, my desk often becomes the Junk/Recycle pile collection site for some reason)

                                    I would. Or get them to eBay.

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