[asterisk-biz] PBX Functionality for Less than the Price of a KeySystem (3Com Asterisk IP Telephony Appliance)

Trixter aka Bret McDanel trixter at 0xdecafbad.com
Tue Jun 3 14:20:38 CDT 2008


On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 14:17 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 12:01:08PM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 10:02 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > >> I would assume that's retail, yes.
> > >>
> > >> Computer people, and in my experience even Asterisk people, tend to
> > >> forget how high the markup is on packaged telephony gear -- and more to
> > >> the point, *why* it's that high.
> > >
> > > ok, why not providing some information since we all forget why its that
> > > high, can you provide some information regarding that?
> > 
> > Because that has always been the status quo.  "We are the Big Ole
> > Expensive Phone Company".
> 
> Horseshit, Steve.  :-)


then please enlighten us as to what the correct reason for why prices
are that high.


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