[Asterisk-Users] The Minimum Cost of Setting up an Asterisk Phone System?

[David Gomillion]

In answer to how this compares to commercial PBX's, I just received a
quote on a Cisco system.  This included the PBX, licenses, connectivity
for one PRI, 140 handsets, voicemail.  No other options, no ATAs, etc.
130 7940 phones, 10 7960 phones.

How much would you guess for this?

25,000?  50,000?  No, guess again.

$125,000.  I laughed.  My boss cried.  We are working on Asterisk.

Now, let's look at our expected costs:

$1500 - nice Dell server, rack-mount...
$1500 - quad-span T1 card thingie
$14000 - IP phones, assuming $100 average (mostly GS, some Pingtel...)
$10000 - new router and switches
------
$37000

Now, take 125,000-37,000 (88000), multiply by 10% ("finder's fee"), and
I should see an $8800 bonus, right?  Yeah, right.  Well, I can hope...

All kidding aside, saving $88,000 on a phone system is a big deal,
especially considering we end up with a more powerful and extensible
system in the end.  We just have to make sure of a few of the features
before we jump into it.  And I want to make sure we can put it in with
the least training possible.  ("So, how do I check my voicemail?" "Same
way you did yesterday" "But that's not how I used to do it"  "I don't
care.  That's how you do it now."  "WWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH")  



-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Roy Sigurd
Karlsbakk
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:07 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] The Minimum Cost of Setting up an Asterisk
Phone System?


On Thursday, Nov 6, 2003, at 17:32 Europe/Oslo, Stephen R. Besch wrote:

>
>> Here's a cost analysis, rather crude and inspecific, of using
Asterisk
>> to implement a phone system. I'm really quite naive and new to all 
>> this,
>> so I'd appreciate any corrections, tips, pointers, etc, from those in
>> the community, who have far greater experience, knowledge, skill,
etc.
>> than I. Am I forgetting something important? Am I way off in my
>> estimates?
>>
> For what it's worth, here's what we actually paid for our system:
>
>    1) CPU: Salvaged from spare parts, estimated cost to purchase:   
> $500
>          Asus A7V133, 900MHz, 256MB,60GB
>    2) Two Nics

>                          $50
>    3) Digium T100P

>                     $495
>    4) 20 GS Budgetone @$65

>           $1300
>    5) Adtran TSU600 Channel Bank (e-bay + patience)

>  $99
>    6)  2 Dual FXO plugins for TSU  @$100  (used)

>   $200
>    7)   1 Dual FXS Plug in for TSU @$100   (used)

>    $100
>    8)  Asterisk and Linux

>                        $0
>    9) APC Smart-UPS 700 (used)

>             $60
>
>             Total:

>                            $2804        $140/Phone (including phones)
>

>                                                  $75/phone (not 
> including phones)
>

er. what do you want the channel bank for, if running SIP phones? isn't 
it better then to go for isdn BRI with kapejod's hfc zap driver and his 
quad/octo cards or even capi with passive cards? that'll initially save 
you (495+200+100=) $795, and add another $200 for a couple of fritz 
cards (or so), effectivily driving the price down a bit to $2209. also 
- I beleive the PC price is a little high if you push it.

anyway - how does this compare to a typical commercial pbx?

roy

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