[Asterisk-Users] Medium volume 100% SIP/IAX PBX.

[Marconi Rivello]

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:10:27 -0700 (PDT), Nick Bachmann
<asterisk at not-real.org> wrote:
> Take a look at
> http://www.buyerzone.com/telecom_equipment/phone_systems/buyers_guide7.html.
> As the article pointed out, TCO is important as well.  Commercial PBXs
> usually require technicians with special software and training that can
> run >US$100/hr.  If you already have a sysadmin, the savings in labor
> alone can pay for an * system over a few years.
> The prices for cards and software modules can add up quick as well... even
> if you could get a cheap NEC/Panasonic/Nortel/Avaya for the same cost as
> an IP-PBX, you'd basically have a featureless switch with featureless
> telephones.  At that point, you might as well call up the local telco and
> get Centrex service.
> Figure that very nice IP phone can be had for around $250, and nice * box
> can be built with dual processors for about $3000 that can handle 30
> users.  That equates to about $350/user for a somewhat over-provisioned
> all-VoIP setup.  That's far less than buying a $900/user PBX.
> Nick

Thank you very much... very illustrative...

Marconi.