[asterisk-users] Asterisk concurrent calls count

[Steve Totaro]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 08:51:04AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:
>> It is about the money, like it or not.  You are going to an Avaya type
>> licensing scheme, everything is charged per port.  The box is capable
>> of doing more but you turn it off until you get more money.  It's like
>> the Definity G3s I have worked with.  The box can do everything but
>> until you pony up, it is not activated.
>
> Yeah, and if you cut a jumper on a VAX11/780, it went twice as fast.
>
> So *what*, Steve?  Are they not allowed to make money?
>
>> Any SwitchVox sale I have tried to pitch dies quickly and this is even
>> involving Switchvox reps on a conference call.
>
> Ah.  Then if you don't like the way they do business, vote with your
> wallet; don't sell their junk.
>
>> How about if I don't want support and use my own hardware, then can do
>> I still have to pay to upgrade to SMB or whatever?  Follow the logic?
>> Anyways, the profit margin on "appliances" is way too low.  I might as
>> well sell 3Coms or NECs if I am selling boxes with per seat license
>> fees and have to hack the box to do any customization.
>
> Yup.  :-)
>
>> They are not being conservative, when all you do is put a CC and then
>> a button shows up to upgrade, this is the same hardware mind you....
>>
>> Guess I will stick to my DL 380s and (if a GUI is required) FreePBX or
>> Druid (if it tests out ok).
>
> Sounds like the best answer to me, for you.  :-)
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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Sure they are allowed to make money but don't lie and say it is not
about the money, "It is about support".  Yeah supporting the company's
cash flow.

I can express my opinion and I did.  Maybe Digium will take notice,
maybe they won't.

Maybe next they will charge $250 for "conference bridge" capabilities.
 It's a joke to cripple things that can be enabled by flicking a
switch.  Your system comes with eight ports of VM but for another $250
we can give you 12......

Thanks,
Steve Totaro