| JT | err thanks for that |
| luke-jr | O.O |
| JT | luke-jr: ? |
| luke-jr | spammy ;p |
| CrashHD | "mom, the dog ate my asterisk again!" |
| JT | looks like polycoms don't have fun behind nat well at least this version |
| coppice | do polycoms ever have fun? does *any* IP phone really enjoy its sense of being? |
| bkruse_home | coppice: never! |
| Qwell | my ciscos are self-aware |
| bkruse_home | if i was a sip phone, i would kill myself |
| action | bkruse_home closes port 5060 |
| bkruse_home | closes port 5060 |
| action | Qwell flashes bkruse_home with skinny firmware |
| Qwell | flashes bkruse_home with skinny firmware |
| coppice | ah, so they are self-conscious about being fat? if we ever make self-aware machines, we'll probably have to make them deeply self-conscious, so they buy all the latest fads and keep the economy rolling. |
| bkruse_home | coppice: yes, the grandstreams and snom are jealou jealous* however, the soundstation from polycom owns them all |
| coppice | I was once asked to design a conferencing phone by people who thought the soundstation really sucked |
| bkruse_home | woah nubs...... soundstation(spidaphone) rocks. optional velcro |
| Qwell | coppice: what happened with that? |
| coppice | I didn't accept the job |
| bkruse_home | Qwell: ranch went out of business :P |
| Qwell | right bkruse_home: yes |
| JT | coppice: they thought the audio quality sucked? |
| coppice | the echo cancelling can be quirky. the handling of people at different distances from the unit is poor. there was a significant list of limitations - mostly improvable - they had |
| JT | heh sounds like they were pretty fussy |
| coppice | I don't think they ever did much to improve the soundstation after they bought it |
| Qwell | polycom bought it? |
| JT | you can get additional mics for the soundstation too |
| coppice | it used to come with various names on it, but I'm not sure who owned and manufacturer it through those periods |
| JT | the noise reduction on the polycom when using the handset rocks i have a rack with piles of fans behind me, i made a recording and you can't hear it at all |
| coppice | that kind of noise reduction can be effective, but always comes at a price - the voice quality suffers |
| JT | i dunno |