[asterisk-biz] Small business question from developing nation

[Nitzan Kon]

Where did you get the $21,000 quote for 200 PAP2T units? Typical price
is less than half of that.

  -- Nitzan

--- On Tue, 5/20/08, Mudy Situmorang <mudy at tdmm.net> wrote:

> From: Mudy Situmorang <mudy at tdmm.net>
> Subject: [asterisk-biz] Small business question from developing nation
> To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 10:57 AM
> Hi, 
> 
> I'm from developing nation somewhere beyond pacific,
> where IP solution is
> still rare and the market is quite small (for you guys).
> We're selling /
> renting PABX solution for buildings. I'm trying to
> switch the business into
> full IP solution. 
> 
> Asterisk Digium is a sound solution. However, in our
> calculation the price
> of IP phone makes total price higher. I've tried to
> calculate using analog
> converter and cheap phone but still doesnt look so good
> (calculation below).
> Using converter seems not a right solution. Most lowend
> customer choose
> cheaper used PABX while highend choose new PABX with fancy
> digital phone and
> some (limited) IP capabilities.
> 
> My question, (to make it easier) which is better solution:
> 
> a. I should look for cheaper IP phone that is compatible
> with Digium (do you
> have any clue where I can find such phone?)
> 
> b. I should try to develop local implementation of Asterisk
> (we have some
> low cost local engineer, but would it difficult and cost
> much more?)
> 
> c. I should look for existing asterisk implementation other
> than Digium that
> is cheaper (perhaps from India or China?)
>  
> d. Other.... ?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Regards,
> Mudy
> 
> 
> 
> Brand new major brand PABX: US$ 75,000
> Main unit, attendant console, 300 digital & 120 IP
> trunk, annual license
> cost 
> 
> Used major brand PABX: US$ 40,000
> 450 line
> 
> 
> Digium solution:
> Switchvox SMB, silver subscription, Quad span T1/E1 with
> echo cancellation,
> annual license cost
> $  30,556
> 
> With lynksys PAP2T
> Lynksys 200 units		$  21,800
> (converts analog phone)
> Analog phone 400 units	$   2,800
> Total cost:			$  55,256
> 
> With SoundPoint IP 301	
> IP Phone			$  69,600
> Total cost:			$ 100,256
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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