[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7905G

[Wiley E. Siler]

No worries.  You are totally right that $8 bucks is pretty neglibable
for that service.

Your comment about the vendor made me think of a fellow I recently
helped with his * who resells Cisco.
His company is called TekSavers and they have the phone that started
this email (Cisco 7905G) for $95.  
I haven't a clue if that is a good price but your comment made me think
of his site.
http://www.teksavers.com

I don't know if that will be of use but I just thought I would pass it
on in case there are any items out there that are priced good.

Cheers,
Wiley
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Loftis [mailto:mloftis at wgops.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:42 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7905G



--On Tuesday, September 21, 2004 15:58 -0700 "Wiley E. Siler" 
<wsiler at e2020inc.com> wrote:

> A completely valid point you make...
>
> Just remember to multiply that 8 dollars times the number of phones 
> times the number of years you need to have them in service....
> Extend that to the other Cisco items you need to maintain and purchase

> and the costs keeps rising....
> Mine is just a simple observation regarding the costs of being a Cisco

> customer.
>
> Like I said, it is about preference and budgeting...
> Even if I only save $300 dollars a year from using alternatives to 
> Cisco in my enterpise (switches, firewalls, phones, etc), it is still
$300.
> Usually, the $ saved from finding comparable products at lower prices 
> also benefit my overall budget since Cisco tends to be a premium
price.
>
> Like I said... I won't disparage Cisco products in any way.  They are 
> barring none, some of the best out there.
> I just prefer a different licensing model for my enterprise and find 
> that I can get comparable performance by alternatives.
> If anyone has the budget and desire, they would be well served by any 
> Cisco product they purchase.
>
> It is just not my choice...  Thus my disclaimer in the footer of the 
> last post.

Ohhno, I'm not grilling you or anything Wiley, just pointing out that
for many orgs the $8/mo wouldn't be too bad considering the level of
support they'd receive.  For some it's not worth it, and that's totally
understandable.  We each have our own priorities to consider.  I simply
wanted to mention the actual cost involved in case anyone thought that
it was some really absurd per-phone price.

My biggest problem still remains finding competent resellers where I can
buy the phones from.

>
> Cheers,
> Wiley

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