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

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If you don't have full control of the network from end to end (or have
someone do that for you), it will never be a reliable solution in my humble
opinion.  People are getting away with it in some cases but the bottom line
is they cannot guarantee quality of service.

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Tipping [mailto:josh at jtcomputers.biz]
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:11 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How Realistic is Hosted VoIP for SMBs?

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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