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

[Eric Wieling]

I hope you test the Grandstream phones.  The Cisco phones are *NICE*
phones, the Grandstreams are cheap, but don't have a lot of features
(they can't even display Caller*ID name info, just number, for example)

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 14:39, David Gomillion wrote:
> 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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