[asterisk-users] RE: OT (a little): IPV6 Ramifications Article

[Dean Collins]

Maybe that's a little over the top but Minotaur as a broadband provider
could offer a new range of electronic door bell devices that also
control access to key strike locking plates.

As part of selling customers their broadband IPV6 package they are given
free access to this device (or minimal cost of hardware as a way of
preventing exploitation without implementation).

The door bell/lock device is directly connected to an ASP web service
that controls access to the property for residents, time of day access
for cleaners etc, remote access for allowing remote unlock for one off
repair people etc.

By Minotaur offering this device for the life of the broadband
connection it reduces the churn rate for your business taking pressure
off looking for customers seeking the lowest margin solution making you
far more profitable than you otherwise would be.

This is not a technical discussion but more of a business development
product design commercial discussion.

It comes back to something I have been saying about asterisk for a long
time. I want to go to Astricon one year and have an Asterisk System
Integrator tell me that he was involved in a deal competing against
Cisco and they won the deal even though the Asterisk installation was
more expensive than the Cisco quote.

The reason they won it was because Asterisk has far more additional
functionality like Mexuar Click-to-Talk or the Iotum Relevance Engine or
the Portal Blue Dashboard display. Building services is what is going to
make Asterisk profitable and successful not discounts.




 

Regards,

Dean Collins
Cognation Pty Ltd
dean at cognation.net
+1-212-203-4357 Ph
+61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Chris Bagnall
> Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2007 11:00 AM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] RE: OT (a little): IPV6 Ramifications
Article
> 
> > If there was something useful in ones kettle having an ethernet
> > connection, it would probably already have it.  After all, with
NAT'ing
> > there's no real shortage of IP-addresses.  And perhaps we would
already
> > have K2K networks, with K2K proxies etc.
> 
> It'd be great if I could get my kettle to generate MRTG or Cacti
graphs for number
> of times boiled in a period, amount of water in it at the time, amount
of water
> poured from it, thus being able to work out power efficiency, etc.
etc. ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris
> --
> C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited
> For full contact details visit http://www.minotaur.it/chris.html
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