[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Installation Consulting

[Joshua Vickery]

I work for a small company that has outgrown its Meridian PBX.  We have
been quoted a price of $12k to replace the existing phone system with a
new one that will support up to 270 connected phones.  We currently have
70 Norstar telephones.  It seems a bit of a pity to spend all that money
on an old proprietary phone system, but it is certainly cheaper than the
quotes we got for VoIP solutions (~100k).  I did some research, and it
seems that given our existing wiring (all of our phones appear to be wired
with Cat5 cable with RJ45 jacks on a separate physical network from our
data network) we could replace all of the existing telephones with VoIP
phones and use an Asterisk PBX to communicate with them all.  With the
Cisco phones going for $400/each this too seemed out of reach.  However, I
have seen cheaper phones available, down to less than $100 a piece.

Now the "biz" part.  I'm a software developer who just happens to be
interested in networking and telephony.  I can't do it myself, so we would
need to hire a consultant.  If this project seems doable, I'm looking for
recommendations on where we might find such a consultant.

P.S. I tried to join this list, but never received a confirmation email.
Since I don't know my status I would appreciate it if anyone who responds
sends a copy of the response directly to my email address
(jvickery at healthdec.com)

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Joshua Vickery
Software Developer
Health Decisions, Inc.
6350 Quadrangle Dr., Suite 300
Chapel Hill NC 27517
(919) 967 1111 x239
www.healthdec.com
jvickery at healthdec.com