On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:10:27 -0700 (PDT), Nick Bachmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take a look at > http://www.buyerzone.com/telecom_equipment/phone_systems/buyers_guide7.html. > As the article pointed out, TCO is important as well. Commercial PBXs > usually require technicians with special software and training that can > run >US$100/hr. If you already have a sysadmin, the savings in labor > alone can pay for an * system over a few years. > The prices for cards and software modules can add up quick as well... even > if you could get a cheap NEC/Panasonic/Nortel/Avaya for the same cost as > an IP-PBX, you'd basically have a featureless switch with featureless > telephones. At that point, you might as well call up the local telco and > get Centrex service. > Figure that very nice IP phone can be had for around $250, and nice * box > can be built with dual processors for about $3000 that can handle 30 > users. That equates to about $350/user for a somewhat over-provisioned > all-VoIP setup. That's far less than buying a $900/user PBX. > Nick
Thank you very much... very illustrative... Marconi. _______________________________________________ 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