[asterisk-biz] full-featured IP-PBX

[Tim Booth]

shadowym wrote:
> Henry,
>
> No argument from me about price/competitiveness etc.  I can't agree with you
> on using Trixbox and Grandstream phones on consumer grade PC's though!  That
> is NOT the right solution for even a semi serious small business IMHO.
> Commercial grade (ie. Supermicro) PC's and something like an Aastra phone
> minimum IMHO! 
>
> Using trixbox is up for debate as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry.L.Coleman [mailto:henry.coleman at voip-pbx.ca] 
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:26 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] full-featured IP-PBX
>
> Well before you go look at that, the Mitel is available at reconditioned
> prices (which means there is a lot of used systems out there). Just the
> cabinet will set you back $800 (ie. the price of a PC) As an Asterisk/PC
> vendor the only place where Asterisk is uncompetative is in the 1 to 2 lines
> and less than 3-4 phones (with limited features). In all other sizes
> Asterisk offers more features at less cost.
> I would recommend you get Trixbox with some GXP 2000 phones and smile all
> the way to the bank.
>
> Henry L.Coleman CEO
> *VoIP-PBX* 1-866-415-5355
> Toronto Ontario
> Canada
>
>
>   
>> Yikes!
>>
>> Asking that sort of question around here might get you cyberlynched!
>>
>> I might as well say the same thing everyone else will.  Why?  Asterisk 
>> does everything the proprietary hardware ones do and then some and 
>> usually does it better.
>>
>> Depends on what you need it for as well.  For a small business, one of 
>> the better and reasonably priced ones I have seen designed from the 
>> ground up TRUE hardware IP-PBX is the Mitel SX-200.  I suspect it's 
>> not much more than a more proprietary looking PC that you can mount on 
>> a wall and runs Linux.
>> Maybe even some Asterisk.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mohammad mirzaee [mailto:mohammad at mirzaee.net]
>> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:40 AM
>> To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
>> Subject: [asterisk-biz] full-featured IP-PBX
>>
>> HI;
>>
>> Can anyone introduce me full-featured , hardware based IP-PBX systems
>>
>> Thanks;
>>
>> Mohammad Mirzaee
>> www.siplanet.com
>> +989121750530
>>
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We have a few Asterisk at Home and Trixbox systems installed at client 
sites with Linksys, Snom's and Grandstreams that have run fine for over 
a year now.