Cisco SPA941 4-line IP Phone with 1-port Ethernet

by Cisco

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 7.7 x 7.1 inches ; 2.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000CETHA8
• Item model number: SPA941-NA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #47 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Telephones & Accessories > VoIP > Phones
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 27, 2007

Product Description

Subject to customer authorization by Linksys.

Stylish and functional in design, the SPA941 VoIP Phone is ideal for a residence or business using a hosted IP telephony service, an IP PBX, or a large scale IP Centrex deployment. The SPA941 leverages industry leading VoIP technology from Linksys to deliver an upgradeable high quality IP Phone that is unparalleled in features, value, and support. Standard features on the SPA941 include two active lines, a high resolution graphical display, speakerphone, and a 2.5 mm head-set port. With a simple software update, the SPA941 is upgradeable to a four line phone. Each line can be independently configured to use a unique phone number (or extension), or can be configured to use a shared number that is assigned to multiple phones.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clearly the best IP phone in the price range for now, February 4, 2007

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Bill Cox (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco SPA941 4-line IP Phone with 1-port Ethernet (Personal Computers)

I put together two Asterisk servers for two businesses, and bought several of the SPA941 phones. I looked at Grandstream products, and read reviews, and bought one, but they are basically cheap crud in comparison. This SPA941 series is a solid business phone that works well... the cheaper competitors feel like cheap plastic (they are), and have all kinds of operational issues working with Asterisk. I'm basically a fan of this product.

On the down side, I have had trouble getting and installing the 2-to-4 line upgrade. Be aware that this is only a 2-line phone, even though it has 4-line buttons.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SPA-941 is perfectly compatible with Asterisk, March 27, 2009

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Darik Horn (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco SPA941 4-line IP Phone with 1-port Ethernet (Personal Computers)

This item is the SPA-941 model, which has been sold under the Sipura, Linksys, and Cisco brands. It is a fully featured SIP standard phone that is compatible with Asterisk, and it works through NAT.

Before Sipura was liquidated, they published firmware that unlocked most of the extra-cost features, like certificates and multiple line registrations. Ensure that you upgrade the firmware to get these valuable goodies. The spa941-5.1.8.zip file is the latest and probably last release.

Advanced features like certificate registration and automatic provisioning seem to be very difficult to configure, so I run these phones with manual configurations. It's just easier to use the web configuration interface than to figure out the XML magic.

If the SPA-941 gets the same ease of integration with Asterisk VOIP systems as the Polycom product family, then I will upgrade my rating from 4/5 to 5/5.

This Amazon SKU comes with a power supply, so you don't need the extra part that Amazon recommends.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good VOIP phone for Asterisk, March 30, 2008

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R. Grokett "bdfrogg" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco SPA941 4-line IP Phone with 1-port Ethernet (Personal Computers)

I would have rated the SPA941 with 5 stars had it included a backlit display and a few speed dial buttons. Even so, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another, unless I went up to the 942 version, which does have backlight.

I've owned a Grandstream GXP-2000 for over two years, but the SPA941 is definitely higher quality in construction and audio quality. Granted, the GXP-2000 is less expensive, but mine started giving minor problems after a few months and now has started rebooting itself nearly every day. Firmware upgrades have not helped and email support thin.

I replaced the GXP with the SPA941. Took only a few minutes to set up, with the help of a Asterisk tutorial for the 941 I found via google. I've been using it now for several weeks, without any issues at all.