[asterisk-biz] Xorcom's X1000 V.s Digium's Appliance

[Mitul Limbani]

WOW, thread hijacking :)


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Mitul Limbani,
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Quoting Craig Lawrence <craig at mytel.net.au>:

> Hi
>
> We're looking to buy a few of Appliance Units for a customer install and
> just noticed that there's a new one from Xorcom
> http://www.xorcom.com/products/xr1000.
>
> We've yet to touch either unit and we're wondering whether anyone is
> able to comment on the relative merits of Digium's Appliance V.s
> Xorcom's XR1000 in terms of price, concurrent calls, max SIP
> registrations, heat, Voicemail limits, transcoding limits, tech support,
> etc?
>
> As far as I know the Asterisk Appliance is USD$1250 or so and the end
> customer is encouraged to purchase support - see
> http://www.digium.com/en/products/hardware/subscriptions.php.
>
> The BIG problem here is that the support service isn't supplied by the
> vendor but by the Digium Distro in your region (as far as I can
> determine).  This wouldn't normally be an issue for us, however the
> Digium Distro in our region is actually in the same market selling
> Asterisk solutions and consulting services. There is a real risk that
> they will speak to and poach our customer after we do all the sales leg
> work.
>
> Therefore the Xorcom could be a better choice - we could sell a similar
> subscription based support service (thanks Digium for drafting that up)
> using our 1st level and 2nd level support engineers with email support
> from Xorcom.
>
> BTW - I'm only considering Xorcom as an alternative as I hear good
> things about their products and I also hear that they were involved in
> development of the Asterisk Zaptel drivers (so they should know their
> stuff). I'm not looking for suggestions of alternative appliances.
>
> Thanks
>
> Craig Lawrence
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jim Capp
> Sent: Friday, 21 September 2007 4:16 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] 2nd Try: Looking for bids on FAX
> implementation.
>
> Nate,
>
>      We currently do something like this for La-Z-Boy Chair Company
> using spandsp and txfax/rxfax.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:18:36AM -0600, bill dwyer wrote:
>> Good Morning,
>>    We are looking for assistance in implementing a FAX system based on
>> either Asterisk or a variation of a Open Source telecom system. We are
> going
>> to be using a T1 (PRI) split in half for 12 lines of traffic and the
> other
>> half for data. Using a Digium card, (not purchased yet) This is pretty
>> straight forward, we have considered using IP Fax (t.38) but I
> understand
>> that it is not the most reliable. I would be interested in discussing
> our
>> options. Below is the basic idea of what we are looking for.
>> Briefly the system requirments are as follows:
>>
>> Purpose: To develop a PC based Fax Switch that is capable of handling
> up to
>> 8 simultaneous faxes concurrently. The system should be able to
> translate
>> incoming faxes from outside Fax machines into and Email attachment.
> Outgoing
>> faxes should be faxed out from Email and translated into a fax that
> can be
>> sent to consumer fax machines. The system will be able to receive
> account
>> activation/termination information from the CRM, and interface with
> our
>> customer database.
>>
>> I would like to have a demo of this running by the 20th of next month
> if at
>> all possible. I will provide all of the hardware, T1 and colocation, I
> just
>> need an implementor. Thank you.
>>
>> Please contact me at nate (a) emericamedia.com
>>
>> Nate Sann
>>
>> C.O.O. - Emericamedia
>
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