Not everyone gets "ripped off". Follow a few basic business principals and you don't have problems and headaches. If you know your "business" and if you "know your customer" you can provide this service and make a few dollars in the process. Don't play the "cheap" game. Be selective in who you provide the service to. Good customers will pay a premium for your knowledge, skill and service. Commodity customers won't. Mike.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dean Collins Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:19 AM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Hosted PBX Lol-shortly followed by being ripped off by credit card fraud, complaining customers, faulty service and nothing but headaches. I think you should always consider what is the reason for you wanting to get into this space in the first place? What value add do you bring to the table? Cheers, Dean _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael C. Hughes Sent: Wednesday, 2 August 2006 1:46 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Hosted PBX Hello, No need to buy an expensive package to get into the hosted PBX business. You can easily set up your own linux server and install a low cost or free web based management system. If you are going for an IP only service then there is no need for Digium hardware either. I suggest you take a very good look at Thirdlanes latest Multi-Tenant PBX Manager. Easy to install and gives you management interfaces for the system administrator, tenant (customer) and individual phone users. Needs no SQL database, no Apache, no PHP and no extra Perl modules. Sign up with a wholesale provider like Junction, Teliax or PacWest and you could be in business by tomorrow. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Epshteyn Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:43 AM To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion' Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Hosted PBX If you are looking for a full featured system that can be installed on your own hardware, please consider Thirdlane PBX Manager multi-tenant version. http://www.thirdlane.com/pbxmanager.htm Alex Epshteyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 415 497 6918 _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Swanson Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 7:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Hosted PBX We've been offered VoIPOffice from a company in London, Telappliant. I'll check out enswitch. Thanks! _____ From: Sales @ MSM Netphone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Hosted PBX www.enswitch.com is what you want what have you been offered? Susan Swanson wrote: Okay, this is probably a stupid question for you guys but I am still a novice so don't laugh! We want to provide a hosted PBX solution for small businesses and have been offered 200 extensions held server (i.e. 20 companies with each co. having 10 extensions). Isn't this just an asterisk solution that we are being sold through a middle man? Can't we do this in house by purchasing our own server and purchasing licenses and perhaps hardware from Digium? Any guidance is greatly appreciated! Susan _____ _______________________________________________ --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 -- Moshe Maeir [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSM Netphone Inc. 123 Grove Ave. Cedarhurst, NY 11516 1-516-478-9660 <http://www.msmnetphone.com/> Make Unlimited Calls from $24.99 a month! <http://www.moishesdomains.com/> Your own Domain from only $3.99!
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