Re: [asterisk-biz] How Realistic is Hosted VoIP for SMBs?

[Josh Tipping]

I disagree that the cost element is necessarily lesser. Bandwidth is very expensive in some places. I also feel that the quality of service of a hosted solution would be less than a local server on the office LAN. There are some good hosted solutions, sure, but ultimately a LAN is a much more stable and reliable network than the internet. In fact, my business targets small business to provide full featured PBX and phone packages that are extremely cost effective, as i believe it is ultimately far better for a business to purchase a complete, local system. This also negates the need for in-house expertise or maintenance, that is all taken care of.

Hosted solutions definately have their place, but i think a local server is still a better solution in many cases.

Josh
josh at cgrid.com.au
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From: Mitul Limbani [mailto:mitul at enterux.com]
To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
Sent: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:54:48 +1100
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How Realistic is Hosted VoIP for SMBs?

Hello,
  
  > So, for a 20-user SMB with all its users located in a single office, all
  > extension-to-extension (local) calls must go out on a WAN and come back to
  > the office. This will require a much higher scarce WAN bandwidth and not use
  > the abundant LAN bandwidth!
  
  This bandwidth cost is much lesser then putting up a dedicated machine, 
  install and maintan asterisk for which they have no inhouse expertise.
  I hope that would answer your concerns and help you sleep well :)
  
  Thanks & Regards,
  Mitul Limbani,
  Founder & CEO,
  Enterux Solutions,
  The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
  www.enterux.com
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