On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 20:23, Jay Milk wrote: > Argh.... Why do I always hear about things so late? Just talked to a > tech from my biggest client (I'm a contract programmer by trade). > Apparently, they were looking into getting a new phone system, 20 > channels on a T1, 35 extensions, voice-mail, IVR, call-queue for a > call-center. One of the techs was pushing an IP solution, but having > been Altigen users for a while, the boss didn't want to hear about > another "soft-pbx". They got raped by Nortel (I think) for about $20K + > support. Boss wanted to have a "box that only does phone, which we can > put in the closet and forget about". > > I think the biggest hurdle Asterisk will face is overcoming the failed > experiments such as Altigen, and the perception that a state-of-the-art > PBX does not need maintenance.
If you don't have a IP connection, you can let the install go stale. Asterisk could be your closet box that doesn't get touched unless a piece of hardware fails. If it ever touches a network with normal users on it, you will need to keep it maintained. The beautiful part about asterisk, you can sell it into many places as it has the capabilities. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users