IP Telephony [7:64847]

2003-03-08 Thread Nate
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.

Thanks in advance,

-Nate




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RE: IP Telephony [7:64847]

2003-03-08 Thread Sumesh Nambiar
Hi

I can definitly help you...

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Re: IP Telephony [7:64847]

2003-03-08 Thread The Long and Winding Road
""Nate""  wrote in message
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> 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




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Re: IP Telephony [7:64847]

2003-03-10 Thread Nate
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

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> ""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




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