If you don't have full control of the network from end to end (or have someone do that for you), it will never be a reliable solution in my humble opinion. People are getting away with it in some cases but the bottom line is they cannot guarantee quality of service.
-----Original Message----- From: Josh Tipping [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:11 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How Realistic is Hosted VoIP for SMBs? I disagree that the cost element is necessarily lesser. Bandwidth is very expensive in some places. I also feel that the quality of service of a hosted solution would be less than a local server on the office LAN. There are some good hosted solutions, sure, but ultimately a LAN is a much more stable and reliable network than the internet. In fact, my business targets small business to provide full featured PBX and phone packages that are extremely cost effective, as i believe it is ultimately far better for a business to purchase a complete, local system. This also negates the need for in-house expertise or maintenance, that is all taken care of. Hosted solutions definately have their place, but i think a local server is still a better solution in many cases. Josh [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________ From: Mitul Limbani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:54:48 +1100 Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How Realistic is Hosted VoIP for SMBs? Hello, > So, for a 20-user SMB with all its users located in a single office, all > extension-to-extension (local) calls must go out on a WAN and come back to > the office. This will require a much higher scarce WAN bandwidth and not use > the abundant LAN bandwidth! This bandwidth cost is much lesser then putting up a dedicated machine, install and maintan asterisk for which they have no inhouse expertise. I hope that would answer your concerns and help you sleep well :) Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com _______________________________________________ --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
