Can anyone here sell me in box Cisco 7960's wholesale or at least at a
very good price? I need two ASAP and will be ordering around 20 more in
the next week or so.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:00 pm Post subject: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
Tracy - I have availability on New Retail boxed Cisco CP-7960G-CH1 that will
run you around $310, versus Cisco list price of around $550 I also have
refurbished units available, CP-7940 and CP-7960 that are less expensive. I
also have a special available on the Polycom 500CS, which is a great phone,
very comparable to the CP-7960, works well with Asterisk as well. We have
these New Retail boxed for $200/ea
We currently carry about a dozen different vendors, you can find more
information on our website, www.VOIPSupply.com
Cory Andrews
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454 Sonwill Drive
Buffalo, NY 14225
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Weaver" <ed@xtelgroup.com>
To: <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:04 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
Quote:
Tracy,
I am a Cisco Registered Partner - if you'd like, contact me directly today
at ed@xtelgroup.com and I'll see what I can do about pricing for you.
Can anyone here sell me in box Cisco 7960's wholesale or at least at a
very good price? I need two ASAP and will be ordering around 20 more in
the next week or so.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:04 pm Post subject: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
Tracy,
I am a Cisco Registered Partner - if you'd like, contact me directly today
at ed@xtelgroup.com and I'll see what I can do about pricing for you.
Can anyone here sell me in box Cisco 7960's wholesale or at least at a
very good price? I need two ASAP and will be ordering around 20 more in
the next week or so.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:00 pm Post subject: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
Quote:
Cory Andrews wrote:
> Tracy - I have availability on New Retail boxed Cisco CP-7960G-CH1 that will
> run you around $310, versus Cisco list price of around $550 I also have
> refurbished units available, CP-7940 and CP-7960 that are less expensive. I
> also have a special available on the Polycom 500CS, which is a great phone,
> very comparable to the CP-7960, works well with Asterisk as well. We have
> these New Retail boxed for $200/ea
You don't show Polycom phones on your web site.
We tried to purchase a SoundPoint IP500 from another vendor last week,
and were told that Polycom is tightening their reseller channels and
only authorized resellers would be able to sell them in the future.
Because of this, we are loathe to show this phone to our customers, if
they aren't going to be able to buy them. Anyone know what's up with
Polycom?
Well, I know Polycom frowns on Asterisk. They don't want to go near it.
Their tightening might be as a result of calls coming in with people
saying they purchased it, but not through an authorized reseller. I know
we purchased ours through Insight and I only call and talk to them when
there is a problem w/ their phone. For example, the phone should be using
NTP not SNTP, or the volume resets to a nominal level for ADA compliance.
The immediate question is "Which soft switch are you using?". Say
Asterisk, they tell you should not be calling, even if it is a problem
with their phone regardless of the soft switch.
So, moral of the story, lie about the softswitch. You'll get a lot
further.
What ever happened to Polycom working w/ the Asterisk community (as it was
hinted earlier) rather than against it?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:14 pm Post subject: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
Cory Andrews wrote:
Quote:
Tracy - I have availability on New Retail boxed Cisco CP-7960G-CH1 that will
run you around $310, versus Cisco list price of around $550 I also have
refurbished units available, CP-7940 and CP-7960 that are less expensive. I
also have a special available on the Polycom 500CS, which is a great phone,
very comparable to the CP-7960, works well with Asterisk as well. We have
these New Retail boxed for $200/ea
You don't show Polycom phones on your web site.
We tried to purchase a SoundPoint IP500 from another vendor last week,
and were told that Polycom is tightening their reseller channels and
only authorized resellers would be able to sell them in the future.
Because of this, we are loathe to show this phone to our customers, if
they aren't going to be able to buy them. Anyone know what's up with
Polycom?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:43 pm Post subject: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
Yes, Polycom is very strict on management of their reseller channel. We are
not Polycom authorized, nor do we have plans to jump through all the
necessary hoops to become certified at this point in time. I acquired 200
of these units, new in box, they were part of a call center expansion that
was scrapped.
Cory Andrews
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454 Sonwil Drive
Buffalo, NY 14225
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voice - 716.630.1555 X22
fax - 716.630.1548
web - www.ValueResale.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-admin@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kevin P. Fleming
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:14 AM
To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
Cory Andrews wrote:
Quote:
Tracy - I have availability on New Retail boxed Cisco CP-7960G-CH1 that
will
Quote:
run you around $310, versus Cisco list price of around $550 I also have
refurbished units available, CP-7940 and CP-7960 that are less expensive.
I
Quote:
also have a special available on the Polycom 500CS, which is a great
phone,
Quote:
very comparable to the CP-7960, works well with Asterisk as well. We have
these New Retail boxed for $200/ea
You don't show Polycom phones on your web site.
We tried to purchase a SoundPoint IP500 from another vendor last week,
and were told that Polycom is tightening their reseller channels and
only authorized resellers would be able to sell them in the future.
Because of this, we are loathe to show this phone to our customers, if
they aren't going to be able to buy them. Anyone know what's up with
Polycom?
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject: [Asterisk-biz] Need Cisco 7960's
On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 16:00, Brent Franks wrote:
Quote:
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
Well, I know Polycom frowns on Asterisk. They don't want to go near it.
Their tightening might be as a result of calls coming in with people
saying they purchased it, but not through an authorized reseller. I know
we purchased ours through Insight and I only call and talk to them when
there is a problem w/ their phone. For example, the phone should be using
NTP not SNTP, or the volume resets to a nominal level for ADA compliance.
The immediate question is "Which soft switch are you using?". Say
Asterisk, they tell you should not be calling, even if it is a problem
with their phone regardless of the soft switch.
So, moral of the story, lie about the softswitch. You'll get a lot
further.
What ever happened to Polycom working w/ the Asterisk community (as it was
hinted earlier) rather than against it?
- B
Today I spoke with Polycom's EMEA Product Manager for SoundPoint IP
phones. She was very helpful, took the time to understand what I was
asking (how come SoundPoint IP phones can not be bought individually
without a VoIP system from one of your technology partners). Their idea
is that they want to make sure their SoundPoint IP phones work. So they
have partnered with a number of technology partners (see
http://www.polycom.com/partners/1,,pw-2247,FF.html) that have certified
that the SoundPoint works like it should with these Softswitches/IP PBX.
I think it is all about customer satisfaction.
I explained that the SoundPoint IP phones are working *today* with
Asterisk and that making these phones unavailable to the Asterisk
community is not smart business as we will buy Cisco's instead.
Obviously she rather preferred we buy Polycom phones. Her point was that
she needs a business case to justify making them interoperable and
releasing phones to something like an Asterisk related technology
partner (Digium) or to the community.
Given the attractive price of the Polycom phones, their functionality
comparable to the Cisco 7940/7960 (the 7960 is actually made by Polycom
for Cisco) and a listening ear in the Polycom organization, it makes
sense to see if we can drive this forward. Maybe it takes Digium to act
as Polycom's technology partner but the result could be good. <faint
thought>IAX support in a Polycom...</faint thought>
Since I too remember that back in 2003 (iirc) someone had started a
dialog with Polycom it makes sense to align our strategies and
discussions. Anyone know who that was? Anyone have any other input?
Did that person perhaps setup this site:
http://www.freedomphones.net/polycom/files/ Ring any bells?
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