Am I the only one who feels like Mitel is going out of there way to punish their partners? We sell and service mostly Office 250 systems. I can no longer find reasonably priced wireless accessories for the 53xx phones because Mitel is focusing on the 69xx series. However, the only way I can implement 69xx series phones somewhat effectively is to sale Phone Manager due to a lack of Minet. Now I have customers that have purchased systems within the past 2 years that I can't accommodate. I'm sorry sir, the $20K you spent last year was to buy phones that Mitel no longer makes cordless handsets for. But if you'd like to drop another $10K, I can put another server on your network and get you some nice looking new phones with limited functionality that they do offer cordless accessories for. And what is with this Premium Software assurance? What a crock!!!!
I can go hosted and get the 69xx, but Oria is an absolute TURD! And don't even get me started on the Shoretel. That product is designed to cut the partner out of the equation entirely. Sorry for venting, just really frustrated.