On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 10:36 +0100, Ben Francis wrote:
I'm thinking of buying the Grandstream BT-101 from them for £45 (http://www.sipgate.co.uk/voipshop/grandstream/grandstream_bt-101) but until the expenses claim goes through I'll be playing with softphones.
Having tried both and despite it being circa £20 more I would still recommend the Aastra. The Grandstream has the build quality of a £10-£15 PSTN phone, the Aastra is at the same level as a good PABX phone system phone.
Also the grandstream budgettone 101 I had as a trial (it may have been faulty) had this bizarre effect in that there is no feedback from the mic to the earpiece (as nearly all phones have..it is called sidetone) and lack of this makes you feel deaf in one ear when you are speaking.
Oh and it crashed a few times, and I have yet to see an Aastra do that
On a slight tangent the lack of sidetone on most Mobiles is I believe the reason that so many people shout when using them.