[Asterisk-Users] Qs about FXO/FXS cards

[Damon Estep]

Sipura SPA 3000... forget the channel bank and PRI card. Buy a PRI card
and ebay the SPAs when you arte ready to move from POTS to PRI, or
better yet, forget both and find an ITSP that can offer QoS (private
line!!!) and interface with *

Talkswitch? Get on the VoIP bus or get run over buy it, your choice.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Greg - Cirelle Enterprises
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:57 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Qs about FXO/FXS cards
> 
> At 03:25 PM 1/3/05 -0500, you wrote:
> >Unfortunately that makes Asterisk installs for small businesses more
> >expensive
> >than necessary.  At US$500 for a T100P and US$300ish for a channel
bank
> (FXS
> >only, FXO is significantly more expensive!) plus your time and system
for
> an
> >Asterisk install it raises the bar for the small business to adopt
> Asterisk.
> >The TDM400P would fit a very nice little niche if it worked reliably.
> >
> >Let's face it -- most businesses are looking at VOIP to reduce their
> >telephone
> >bills and if the time it takes for the install to pay for itself is
> raised
> >significantly (like an added $1000 price tag for reliable
equipment)...
> >well... the writing on the wall is pretty clear.
> >
> >-A.
> 
> 
> With the above said, now you have just entered the realm of the
> talkswitch.
> 
> I was speaking with a cable installer friend of mine, who told me he
> installs
> the talkswitch at all the jenny craig franchises (the franchise, I
assume
> pays
> for the devices as he does not resell them). His words "talkswitch is
> great,
> just plug it in and it works, pbx and voip, you can't beat it" He also
> wires
> them to their pa system.
> 
> List price is 1800 bucks for the top of the line unit. 8fxo, 16fxs,
> ethernet
> 
> When you try to sell the asterisk system, you have to compete with
that
> and
> frankly, all the people want is to make phone calls.
> 
> Mention voice over ip and eyebrows raise, "I've heard of that", but in
> reality
> nobody cares how their phone calls are made, just that it goes
through.
> 
> If you can't save them a bunch of money, there is little or no reason
to
> diverge
> to a more costly system, that will "save in the long run", regardless
of
> the
> additional feature set, which if they can't touch it, feel it taste
it,
> smell it, smoke it, makes no difference at all.
> 
> In reality, I want to off as many boxes as I can, maybe tie in some
> service contracts, and be done with it.
> 
>  From our experience, most small office/businesses have a bunch of
phone
> lines, 3-8, and are leery of  spending a chunk of change on a new
system
> and possibly phones as well.
> 
> g
> 
> 
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