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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users