Hi, I'm from developing nation somewhere beyond pacific, where IP solution is still rare and the market is quite small (for you guys). We're selling / renting PABX solution for buildings. I'm trying to switch the business into full IP solution.
Asterisk Digium is a sound solution. However, in our calculation the price of IP phone makes total price higher. I've tried to calculate using analog converter and cheap phone but still doesnt look so good (calculation below). Using converter seems not a right solution. Most lowend customer choose cheaper used PABX while highend choose new PABX with fancy digital phone and some (limited) IP capabilities. My question, (to make it easier) which is better solution: a. I should look for cheaper IP phone that is compatible with Digium (do you have any clue where I can find such phone?) b. I should try to develop local implementation of Asterisk (we have some low cost local engineer, but would it difficult and cost much more?) c. I should look for existing asterisk implementation other than Digium that is cheaper (perhaps from India or China?) d. Other.... ? TIA. Regards, Mudy Brand new major brand PABX: US$ 75,000 Main unit, attendant console, 300 digital & 120 IP trunk, annual license cost Used major brand PABX: US$ 40,000 450 line Digium solution: Switchvox SMB, silver subscription, Quad span T1/E1 with echo cancellation, annual license cost $ 30,556 With lynksys PAP2T Lynksys 200 units $ 21,800 (converts analog phone) Analog phone 400 units $ 2,800 Total cost: $ 55,256 With SoundPoint IP 301 IP Phone $ 69,600 Total cost: $ 100,256 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
