[asterisk-biz] How much it costs to setup Asterisk and phones?

[Andrew Latham]

OK...

30 ext * $300 (labor and cheap phones) = $9000
2 * $700 POE Switches = $1400
1 *  $3407.30 Server  = $3407.30
2 * $800 UPS = $1600
20 * $100 labor = $2000

$17,407 or less than half of a nortel system cost from your favorite teleco.

Steak Dinners can replace billable hours if they fit into the schedule... :)


On 1/12/06, Paul <ast2005 at 9ux.com> wrote:
> I might work for as little as $50 an hour if the customer buys a prepaid
> block of 40 hours at a time.
>
> However, the point of my reply to the OP is that I start charging as
> soon as I start working. That includes going over his inadequate
> description of the work needed. Some people think I am arrogant because
> I don't do free evaluations. My standard "sales proposal" is rather simple:
>
> Ad hoc time - $N per hour(subject to credit approval)
> Prepaid block of X hours at Y per hour.
>
> Some prospects find this to be too arrogant but it filters out the ones
> who are wasting my time.
>
> I should mention that I don't charge people for calls or meetings where
> I discuss my qualifications. I might even give them some free general
> advice, especially if they are buying me a good lunch.
>
> Mark Phillips wrote:
>
> > $50 an hour? What country? Not the US that's for sure.
> >
> > Minimum you could get a decent phone guy is $75ish.
> >
> > FWIW I'm $100 an hour if the customer inists on hourly. I'd rather
> > quote  the price for the finished job.
> >
> > Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
> > Randolph, NJ
> > http://www.g7ltt.com
> >
> >
> > Paul wrote:
> >
> >> asbiz wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> How much it costs to have somebody setup an Asterisk server, for let
> >>> say
> >>> 15 extensions in one office, 15 in another, and make a good IVR menu
> >>> with call recording, queuing and other features? Also if needed, to
> >>> setup web interfaces to access recordings and other features using a
> >>> web
> >>> browser?
> >>>
> >>> Zeeshan A Zakaria
> >>>
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> >> maybe $50/hour plus expenses?
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