What's the configuration of $3407.30 server, or is it two servers? And isn't $300 good enough to buy good IP phones?
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Latham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:09 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How much it costs to setup Asterisk and phones? OK... 30 ext * $300 (labor and cheap phones) = $9000 2 * $700 POE Switches = $1400 1 * $3407.30 Server = $3407.30 2 * $800 UPS = $1600 20 * $100 labor = $2000 $17,407 or less than half of a nortel system cost from your favorite teleco. Steak Dinners can replace billable hours if they fit into the schedule... :) On 1/12/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I might work for as little as $50 an hour if the customer buys a prepaid > block of 40 hours at a time. > > However, the point of my reply to the OP is that I start charging as > soon as I start working. That includes going over his inadequate > description of the work needed. Some people think I am arrogant because > I don't do free evaluations. My standard "sales proposal" is rather simple: > > Ad hoc time - $N per hour(subject to credit approval) > Prepaid block of X hours at Y per hour. > > Some prospects find this to be too arrogant but it filters out the ones > who are wasting my time. > > I should mention that I don't charge people for calls or meetings where > I discuss my qualifications. I might even give them some free general > advice, especially if they are buying me a good lunch. > > Mark Phillips wrote: > > > $50 an hour? What country? Not the US that's for sure. > > > > Minimum you could get a decent phone guy is $75ish. > > > > FWIW I'm $100 an hour if the customer inists on hourly. I'd rather > > quote the price for the finished job. > > > > Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI > > Randolph, NJ > > http://www.g7ltt.com > > > > > > Paul wrote: > > > >> asbiz wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> How much it costs to have somebody setup an Asterisk server, for let > >>> say > >>> 15 extensions in one office, 15 in another, and make a good IVR menu > >>> with call recording, queuing and other features? Also if needed, to > >>> setup web interfaces to access recordings and other features using a > >>> web > >>> browser? > >>> > >>> Zeeshan A Zakaria > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >>> > >>> asterisk-biz mailing list > >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > >>> > >>> > >> > >> maybe $50/hour plus expenses? > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >> > >> asterisk-biz mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > -- --- Andrew Latham - AKA: LATHAMA (lay-th-ham-eh) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] If any of the above are down we have bigger problems than my email! --- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
