[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Users

[Aaron Daniel]

The 1300 phones we're moving over in the next two months are being moved 
off of cisco.  The reason we're moving them over is a) cost and b) 
security.  From the cost perspective, we're paying a yearly license fee 
for the servers themselves, as well as a per phone license for both the 
connection to the call manager and the voicemail.  Also, with the cisco 
system, we've had to isolate the entire voice network since cisco only 
allows "approved" windows updates on their system.  With Asterisk, TCO is 
much lower, the only yearly price they have to pay is the one that goes in 
my pocket, and no licensing fees per phone. Win/Win if you ask me :)

Aaron

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote:

> Just out of curiosity what was the reasons for migrating off of Cisco?  This
> is interesting since I've run across people who swear by Cisco, but the
> costs involved are just too unreasonable for me.
>
> On 3/23/06, Gary Richardson <gary.richardson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm currently 1 PRI with 25 phones. We'll be 2 PRI's and over 100
>> phones by mid summer. We're currently 5 DID's, but I'm pretty sure
>> we'll be around 50 when were done.
>>
>> We're currently migrating off of a cisco call manager. I recommend
>> going slow with your transition -- do a chunk of phones, wait a week
>> or two before doing more. Asterisk excels at interoping with other
>> systems; take advantage of this.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> On 3/22/06, QUICK, RANDY <RQUICK at thcs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you guys and girls give me some examples of companies using Asterisk
>> and
>>> how many DIDs you have.  I have built a small system and tested it with
>>> AASTRA 480i's and all is working perfectly.  I go in front of my
>> Management
>>> Board tomorrow to demo the app and show them it is a viable
>> solution.  We
>>> are a medical facility with 12 facilities and a total of 1700
>> phones.  Any
>>> info you have would be a huge help when they ask who else is using it.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>
>>> Randy Quick
>>> Communications Technician II
>>> Texoma Healthcare Systems
>>> 903.416.4398
>>> rquick at thcs.org
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Aaron Daniel
Computer Systems Technician
Sam Houston State University
amdtech at shsu.edu
(936) 294-4198