Getting a new CS 1000 R6 - phone options?

[Q6600]

We are going from an old option 61 release v.really old to a new CS 1000 R6. Hooray!

We plan to keep our M2616 phones and slowly replace them as needed. We decided not to go the VOIP route.

Our vendor will be doing the migration.

We plan to use the existing wiring and not go with IP phones.

What is the "coolest" type of phones we can upgrade to? (non-POE IP phone) My manager wants something with a color display like the 1165E (which is an IP phone)

With R6's new licensing scheme, how involved is it to tinker with a "hybrid" system? (have a handful of IP phones for those that need the extra features)

Thanks.

 

[johnpoole]

the 3904 is a great phone, it labels itself.. not color.. i haven't seen the color option..

good to see your moving up.. let us know if we can help with the migration.

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[DocVic]

Again, I agree 100% with John.

DocVic
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[Tman45]

Not that bad to have a hybrid system. We do and have about 400 TDM and 350 IP phones. You don't need a PoE capable switch because Nortel makes power bricks for about $60 each. So, your manager could have an 1165 still if you don't have a PoE port for him

Yes the 3904 is a good digital phone.

Good luck!

 

[Q6600]

Fantastic, thank you so much for the responses. Im looking up the 3904 now.

Implementation should take place in about 60 days. The package comes with Telephony Manager and a few other whistles so that means that people like me with less exp can actually do basic MAC's.

I will likely be posting here alot in the near future!

I love this forum! Thanks again.

 

[curtismo]

I'll add to the chorus about the 3900 sets. I've had 3900 sets since almost day one for them (August of 2000 with our installation of 25.10) in a financial services office environment. Probably had as many as 400-500 of them, but gradually replacing with 2004 and 1140 IP sets. Very few failures, most problems now are handset static, resolved by replacing the handset cords. Also starting to have some display failures (mostly a single dot column or row). They have been fairly rugged (like I said, many in-service phones are reaching 10 years of age).

Note that the first thing you will want to do once you get your 3900 sets is perform a firmware upgrade to the set, especially if you pick phones off the secondary market, as there are several call transfer issues on release 6.0 that need to be fixed by installing the latest firmware.

 

[Q6600]

Cool, sounds like the 390x's could possibly be our bread and butter upgrades as funds permit. Lots of good info on them out there, looks like the refurbs go for under $100.

 

[cshbell]

Careful when ordering refurbed M3904s that you get them from a reputable vendor. We’ve been burned by refurbs that were DOA or had lines in the screen from random fly-by-night websites. You get what you pay for.

 

[Q6600]

Thanks for the tip.

A while I took a risk and bought a bunch of m2616's (the good 9k ones) from an online vendor that I had never heard of before for under $40 each and luckily they all work perfectly. Guess I got lucky.

Right now Im having our service vendor (its one of the bigger ones, very reputable) looking into a package of them (refurbed 3904's). They will replace them for free at any time via our service contract, I just hope their initial prices are reasonable.