[asterisk-biz] KSU Killers??

[Steve Totaro]

Let me correct myself. I said bye bye POTs lines, that should have read 
bye bye voice T1s. How many g729 calls can you stuff down a data T1? 
Money is the only thing holding this up.

Customer: I need more than 23 calls simultaneously.
Telco: You need to buy more PRIs. Let's see, there is the loop charge, 
installation, 80/20 contract for a year or three...

Thanks,
Steve

Steve Totaro wrote:
> Soon is a very relative word.  IP PBXs are already outselling key 
> systems.  If you believe the Gartner Group, 2010 marks the end of the 
> key system.  Relatively speaking, two and half years is not that long.
>
> "A recent Gartner Group report authored by Bern Elliot and Jeff Snyder 
> plotted out the IP future. "IP-enabled" (hybrid) systems have been 
> outselling TDM exchanges since 2003, and 2005 was the watershed for pure 
> IP PBX, surpassing traditional PBX in terms of "lines" shipped in North 
> America. By 2010, Gartner sees PBX sales being completely IP, "providing 
> the basis for (enterprise) unified communications."
>
> http://vonmag.com/news/featured-articles/ip-pbxs-application-fascination
>
> When Verizon or any other tier 1 provider offers SIP handoff for a much 
> reduced cost than POTs lines, you may see a paradigm shift.  They are 
> running IP at the core too.  They can cut costs by delivering SIP calls 
> and pass that along to the consumer.  Then it is bye bye POTs lines and 
> hello QoS enabled internet data T1s to the CO or core.
>
> Another prediction from Steve Totaro.  Mark my words!
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> Tim Booth wrote:
>   
>> Its not a KSU killer in the small end market. A good example is the 
>> Vodavi STSe key system, basic KSU is 4 CO lines with CID daughter board 
>> + 2 SLT ports and 8 Digital extensions for $298 bucks. In skin Voice 
>> mail $599 and 24 button digital speaker phones $115 each.
>> Do the math it's less than an Asterisk server, just doesn't have all the 
>> other bells and whistles. Most small business don't use those other 
>> bells and whistles anyway.
>> I sell both Asterisk solutions and key system, the key systems are not 
>> going are not going away anytime soon.
>>
>>
>>
>> shadowym wrote:
>>     
>>> That sort of comment is totally uncalled for IMHO!  It was obviously done
>>> out of emotion.  Otherwise you would present some sort of valid argument
>>> such as links/white papers/case studies of successful implementations.  I
>>> would like to see evidence of just as much as anyone but my initial
>>> excitement over it has waned.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Henry L.Coleman [mailto:asterisk at voip-pbx.ca] 
>>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:27 AM
>>> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] KSU Killers??
>>>
>>> Shadowym...You must have led a sheltered life.
>>>   
>>>