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

Tue Jan 17 22:19:42 MST 2006

This is a little high.

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Latham
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:07 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How much it costs to setup Asterisk and
phones?

Everyone

Don't forget that you have to spend some time arguing with the Telco
or getting a grounded power plug for the UPS. There are always
supprises and it most always works out to what you should have
charged. I am not greedy, I have done this enough to know how it all
ends up.....

Andrew Latham

On 1/12/06, Saul Diaz <saul at cripiland.com> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Quite so..you are totally right..
>
> Is easy to break that total anyway. 17K is indeep more or less half of
a
> nortel installation but is way over a regular installation for a 30
> seats pbx or callcenter...without custom software implementations.
>
> regards
> SAul
>
> Steve Totaro wrote:
>
> >Bottom line and top post.  Do not do line item quotes.  Sell a total
> >solution.  Let them compare your total solution to someone else's
total
> >solution.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>asbiz wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>What's the configuration of $3407.30 server, or is it two
> >>>
> >>>
> >>servers? And
> >>
> >>
> >>>isn't $300 good enough to buy good IP phones?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Andrew Latham [mailto:lathama at gmail.com]
> >>>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:09 PM
> >>>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> >>>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How much it costs to setup Asterisk and
> >>>phones?
> >>>
> >>>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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> >>Hi Cheap phones 300?
> >>
> >>even a polycom 301 that is not definitelly a cheap phone will
> >>be around 200 including labor, a POE switch is a great switch
> >>i recommend u stick to them... other switch could work... but...
> >>
> >>i am sure u can get the 30 polycoms with less than that. so
> >>with labor for set the phone we can go to 200. plus shipping
> >>
> >>we try grandsreams bt 102 ... S.... Horrible, i have a call
> >>center with 300 of then.. what a nightmare
> >>
> >>but with the 1.0.7.11 firmware all the prblems disappear and
> >>u have decent callcenter.
> >>
> >>with 30 phones u don't need a super server as was discussed
> >>in this list before u can get a server like this.
> >>
> >>    * 1U (1.75") Rackmount Chassis
> >>    * Single 3.0 Ghz Intel(r) Pentium(r) 4 with EM64T Technology 2Mb
> >>
> >>
> >Cache
> >
> >
> >>    * 800MHz Front Side Bus
> >>    * 4 DIMM slots for up to 8GB of DDR2 PC4200 RAM - 1Gb
Low-Profile
> >>      PC4200 Unbuffered ECC DDR2 (2-512) Included
> >>    * Integrated 4-channel SATA Controller - 120Gb 7200 RPM
> >>(8MB cache)
> >>      Included
> >>    * Four Hot Swap 3.5" Drive Bays
> >>    * Slimline Optical Drive
> >>    * Dual Integrated Gigabit Ethernet NICs
> >>    * One 64-bit/133MHz Full-Height PCI-X or PCI-E x16 slot (x8
lanes)
> >>    * One 64-bit/133MHz Low-Profile PCI-X slot
> >>    * Integrated ATI Rage XL Video with 8MB dedicated RAM
> >>    * One 350W Power Supply
> >>    * Includes Ball Bearing Rails
> >>    * Linux Preload
> >>    * **Single Span T1/E1 PCI Card
> >>
> >>for 2600 USD plus shipping. if u don't need a digium card
> >>just remove 595.00 usd so basically is 2105
> >>
> >>Labor.. depends... usually btw 50 - 100 usd the hr in the
> >>states.. we are modest we change 85 usd/hr but we can provide
> >>u even a GUI for your asterisk server that will control the
> >>server and ur SIP phones.
> >>
> >>pls check http://www.cripiland.com/screenshots/manager1.jpg.
> >>
> >>We also provide custom development at 100 usd the hr...
> >>
> >>And support.
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>Saul Diaz
> >>Intouch-VoIP Inc
> >>Aurora, Colorado.
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