LWR, Thank you for your input. Yes there is a business plan that needs to get made. I do realize that the 'white collars' want this and that's the primary reason why I emailed the group. I currently don't have access to certain parts of the billing as far as long distance, phone charges, and the like but I am in the process of getting all relevant information on VoIP. I want to get everything in a precise little package with exact pricing (this may change cause we are a rather big company and may have the option of discounts, not sure) and present a project plan. I was just wondering if anyone out there had prior experience and found any bumps that they could warn me about.
-Nate ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Long and Winding Road" To: Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 10:16 PM Subject: Re: IP Telephony [7:64847] > ""Nate"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Guys, > > > > I'm thinking of recommending IP Telephony for our company. I have > > limited knowledge on the subject and I was wondering if any of you are > > experts (or fraction thereof) that could help me make out a project plan > for > > this. Any comments would be appreciated. > > Is there a business case to be made? Do you have PBX's for example, whose > leases are going to be up? Will you save money? What is your current > infrastructure? Will it support VoIP? Are there features your users have now > via the PBX that are not available on Call Manager? Will you save money on > your voice trunking? How about your WAN - is it sufficient to support voice > and QoS requirements? Will your routers support QoS and voice > compression/decompression? Are there applications available via IP phones > that will provide better productivity and hence more profit for the company? > Does your company have the staff on hand to support IP telephony, especially > on top of the other work they do? > > Hey, I think VoIP is as kewl as any other geek out there. But I wore a white > shirt and tie for a long time. Masters degree class 101 taught me lesson > number one - what is the business case? What is the ROI? What is the > discounted net present value of future cash flows? > > Not that management listens to us geeks anyway....... :-> > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -Nate Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64997&t=64847 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
