[Asterisk-Users] Pricing for DS3000P

[Matt Klein]

OK, at first, I thought you were kidding me.

Now I know, you are kidding me.

PC hardware, at $12k? Give me a break.

Besides, I already have estimated cost quotes from digium.

Joker.

-m

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Andrew Latham wrote:

> Thanks Mike.
>
> existing DS3 card -> http://imagestream.com/PCI_921-CDS.html
>
> For the list I will repeat that the cost should be ball park of $12K.
> Why you ask. If you can afford a DS3 then you can afford an extra
> $12K. I do not know anything extra other than the fact that this card
> will allow some users to drop their Cisco equipment totally. The
> opening editors note of the latest Linux Journal talks about the
> trouble caused by developers trying to interoperate with proprietary
> software. Its a game of catch up and not a winning one. We need to
> create or direct the future of the market to be as open as it can.
> Knowing that you have an option for that DS3 is a great feeling.
>
> Some real discussion would be about optional OC3 or a optical DS3. My
> local CO tech friend  sees more optical than copper due to support
> costs. Powering and repeating a fiber line is cheaper than that of
> copper.
>
> Final question, is anyone from Image Stream on this list? http://imagestream.com
>
> Andrew Latham
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