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Steven Critchfield wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 15:03, Steve Murphy wrote:
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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?
The Minimum Cost of setting up an Asterisk Phone system:
Fundamental Building Blocks:
1. No more phones serviced than one computer can handle.
2. Computer = self-built or whatever, approx. $500
3. OS = Linux. $0
4. Phones.
Cheap Touch-tone phones: $30 each (Estimate at what I can get
at Walmart, quantity one purchases. No digital readout, no
programmable features.
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I originally picked up this AT&T 957 phone at Office Max for $30.
Currently the links from froogle show many people offering it for around
$30, and one for $20. (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/twyi">http://tinyurl.com/twyi</a>) Speaker phone, CallerID,
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We have quite a handful of AT&T 960 at work. Those phones generate
a lot of background hissing noise.<br>
Bought them about 3 years ago. Not sure if the newer ones are better.<br>
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