[Asterisk-Users] ATA Adaptor

[jason at deafwv.org]

CS
  No Patronization taken, The full deal is this.  I am not a consultant, I
actually work for the company this is being implemented for.  We are a
low budget non-profit company and the expense of this test is comming
out of my pocket till I can prove it works then I will get reembursed. 
That is fine with me as I am excited about this as I would like to
eventually set up a consulting service doing VOIP solutions.  I never
thought about doing softphones till a couple people here reccomended it.
 Thank you all for your great advice concerning this, I came into this
project knowing nothing now I am fairly confident that I can get
everything started and working on a basic level thanks to the help from
the documentation, #asterisk on freenode and the mailing list.  Thank
you all.

P.S.  If this was a consulting job, I would just tell the customer they
need to buy ip phones flat out. Im a firm believer in KISS, so much so Id
be afraid to mess with the ata adapters unless they were just dead set on
using their current phones.

>
>   I don't mean to be patronizing at all, but one thing I've learned is
> that
> if a customer does not want to spend $150 on anything, either he/she is an
> incredibly shrewd businessman (because he is going to make you bust your
> balls for free until he sees results), or he is really not interested and
> he
> is cheap.  In either case it is best to beat it and wait till the next
> customer.
>
>   That's my grain of salt advice, maybe not for you, but for any
> developers
> who are initiating in the consulting business.
>
> CS
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of James
> Taylor
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 5:29 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ATA Adaptor
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:09:09 -0800, TC <trclark at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>> Hi,
>>>   I am new to asterisk and I am trying to get things set up so I can
>>> prove to the boss it works and get the budget to do a full
>>> implementation. Does anyone have an ata adaptor or an ip phone laying
>>> around they would be willing to sell me for around 30-50 dollars, I
>>> will
>>> need 2 of them.
>> why not just spend the 75 bucks per ata
>>
> http://voipstore.atacomm.com/shops/ViewItem.aspx/27934028032-31891743744.htm
>>
>> is $150 too much for the boss's proto-type test ?
>>
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>
> Set up your Asterisk, load the X-ten softphone on a PC, call me and I'll
> "loan" you a real-world DID number to play with for a few days.  If you
> can't prove it up with this, you're out of luck.
>
> --
> James Taylor
> 3505 Summerhll Road
> Suite 11
> Texarkana, Texas  75503
> 903-793-1956
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