[asterisk-biz] PBX Functionality for Less than the Price of a KeySystem (3Com Asterisk IP Telephony Appliance)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 12:01:08PM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 10:02 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> >> I would assume that's retail, yes.
> >>
> >> Computer people, and in my experience even Asterisk people, tend to
> >> forget how high the markup is on packaged telephony gear -- and more to
> >> the point, *why* it's that high.
> >
> > ok, why not providing some information since we all forget why its that
> > high, can you provide some information regarding that?
> 
> Because that has always been the status quo.  "We are the Big Ole
> Expensive Phone Company".

Horseshit, Steve.  :-)

> But in this case, 3Com has distribution chains established,
> advertising materials, sales people, rent, insurance, entertainment
> budgets, retirement packages, VIP salaries....

And those people who you can call for tech support at 3 ayem when your
hotel can't take calls anymore...

> This means that at some point, I can probably run down the road to
> Target Distributing and pickup a system with phones, it's about 30
> miles away if that is what a customer demands.

Sure.

> If not, I can use 3Com's sales material to prove Asterisk is "Ready"
> and out sell that little box with a real server, more functionality,
> customization, and profit to me time and time again.

As long as you enjoy being up at 3.am, as the email address has it...

Cheers,
-- jra
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