[Asterisk-biz] D-Link DVX-1000

[Steve Kennedy]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:21:29PM -0700, Colin Anderson wrote:

> $1500 US! No ATA! For 15 hund, it's quite doable to make a real Asterisk PBX
> to scale to 100 users with a single port t1 & 4 FXS (your cost there, though
> and of course you would have to configure it yourself, but with AMP and/or
> A at H that's not too much pain.). Same Asterisk box for $4K it's compelling to
> a business + decent margin for you. Also contrast this with a big-boy
> solution, at 10X the price + yearly "assurance" (read:protection racket)

Of course you could build and Asterisk system for that, but lots of
small businesses etc wouldn't dream of going that route, they want to
buy something off the shelf, ring someone up when something doesn't
work, have it all in one box (that doesn't look like a PC) etc.

DLink have made a supported SME IP PBX, if it costs $1500, it'll suit a
SME,

> I was expecting $299 list. 
> Cool idea but I don't think anyone should be shaking in their boots, yet.   

If DLink have done it, then you can be sure NetGear, Belkin etc have all
thought about it and are probably going to do it.

Asterisk is still a "techie" toy, ABE goes someway to make
install/support easier, but you still need to know Linux, potentially
kernels etc. Maybe Asterisk at Home is some of the way there, install off a
CD/DVD, but you still have to know 'puters.

These type of boxes (DLink) you just put in your office, turn them on,
point a web browser ...

Steve

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