[asterisk-biz] Trixbox Pro?

[Steve Totaro]

The concept may be good for a home user or a very small business.  Other 
than that, it sounds good on paper but the eventualities will have 
customers jumping ship for CPE.

Thanks,
Steve

Mark wrote:
> I agree Tim, my first foray into pro was a little disappointing. The 
> same experience as trying to communicate directly with Fonality. I 
> think that the centrally managed iPBX platform certainly has merit though.
>
> We, along with our business partners are implementing a hosted iPBX 
> offering here in Australia using Asterisk, Interactive Intelligence 
> and an Alcatel solution. This will be based on the model that says 
> that where possible handsets register to the core over a managed data 
> service, on site proxy's will be used only for redundancy and  high 
> user availability. This addresses the extra cost component in the 
> main. We also provide proxy registration by using a gateway (GSM) that 
> also has this function built in. CE is a great product and I 
> understand the value of central management of back-up files so we will 
> deliver this as well.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark Armstrong
> +61294890544
>
> On 9/1/07, *Tim Booth* <tbooth at visioncom.us 
> <mailto:tbooth at visioncom.us>> wrote:
>
>     We have installed a lot of Trixbox CE servers. From my opinion the
>     Hybrid hosted solution for Trixbox Pro doe not make sense to my
>     client
>     base. You still have to sell them a server and phones for the system.
>     Why would they then pay a monthly fee per extension fee if they have
>     already purchased all the equipment up front? I'm sticking with
>     the free
>     CE version for my customers. The only way I see this working is if the
>     end user them selves buys a TrixBox Pro version and plan on having a
>     service agreement from Fonality/TrixBox. Just my opinion.
>
>     Juan Sandro wrote:
>     > My question should have been why you haven't tried Trixbox Pro?
>     So far
>     > from what I could see here, and on some forums people are just
>     > bothered with "remote control" even if they have been told that
>     their
>     > box will be accessible all the time...
>     >
>     > ________________________________
>     > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:40:58 -0700
>     > From: voltjohntra at yahoo.com <mailto:voltjohntra at yahoo.com>
>     > To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
>     <mailto:asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>     > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Trixbox Pro?
>     >
>     > I just don't like to control something remotely, and only remotely,
>     > when it is maybe just few steps away. Is there anyone who sell it /
>     > has sold Trixbox Pro?
>