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charles05663
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Submitted by charles05663 on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 8:22am.

Hello Everyone,

I am interested in getting a conference phone for the office. I use and like the Polycom product line and am looking at the IP 4000. I have a couple of questions about this and would appreciate any comments on the product.

POE: From what I see, this product does not support POE (or any of their other conference phone from what I can tell). Does anyone know if Polycom is going to release a POE conference phone in the next year or so? Should I wait?

HD Voice: I am running Polycom 550's in the office and really like them. Any chance that Polycom will be releasing a model along the IP 4000 line with HD Voice? I looked at the SoundStation VTX 1000 but it is overkill for my small office.

Charles

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Mitchell
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Actually the IP4000 requires
Wed, 01/09/2008 - 6:13pm

Actually the IP4000 requires the following accessory for PoE. It doesn't have the auto-sensing mechanism on the native port.

Power over Ethernet Interface Module, IEEE 802.3af, SoundStation IP 4000, Country Group: 66 LIST PRICE $79
Part # 2200-06630-001

Coincidentally, Cisco is already selling our OEM next generation conference phone, the IP7000 (long story here...) branded as the Cisco 7937G (10/100 MB, not GigE). We'll start selling these soon and it does support G.722. Unfortunately, the price point is about even with the VTX 1000. Look out for the announcement in case pricing info changes.

Mitch

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charles05663
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Thank you Mitch...
Thu, 01/10/2008 - 7:15am

Thank you Mitch...


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e42005
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Really...
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 10:22am

Does the IP 7000 Look like the Cisco unit?

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e42005
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Does the IP 7000 Look just
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 4:19pm

Does the IP 7000 Look just like the Cisco Unit?

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pkaplan
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2007-02-28
I'll add the point that the
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 5:12pm

I'll add the point that the IP4000 comes with a small inline adaptor for POE. So it only has one wire to the desktop, but it does not support IEEE 802.3af out of the box.

Also, trixbox does not yet support HD Voice. So if you are using it with a TB I would not let the lack of HD Voice stop you.


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chadwick
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2006-11-24
Looks the same
Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:25am

The IP7000 looks just like the 7937


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Mitchell
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The Cisco 7937 looks like
Tue, 02/26/2008 - 6:51pm

The Cisco 7937 looks like the IP7000 because it is the IP7000. ;)

Mitch

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chadwick
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The Cisco 7937 looks like
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:39pm

Point taken ;)


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danielgc
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2008-03-04
Polycom IP 7000
Tue, 03/04/2008 - 4:47am

So when can we expect to be able to buy the IP 7000?

I would buy the Cisco 7937, but is no use unless Cisco release SIP firmware for it.


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charles05663
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2007-07-31
IP 6000
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 1:15pm

Hello Mitch,

I have been revisiting the conference phone. I have a client who purchased the SoundStation 2W and I found it really useful with the 2.5mm input jack for computer/cell phone use.

When reviewing the IP7000 and IP6000 phones, I noted that the 7000 specifically lists the 2.5mm input jack and computer/cell phone use. When looking at the 6000, it lists a 2.5mm input but does not mention the computer/cell phone use. Will the 6000 handle a computer/cell phone? For my office the 6000 is the best suited.

Charles


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cncs
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2007-04-12
IP 7000
Mon, 12/08/2008 - 3:20pm

Has anyone read any reviews of the IP7000? I have only been able to find the Polycom sales material as well as the usual price engines.

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