Where did you get the $21,000 quote for 200 PAP2T units? Typical price is less than half of that.
-- Nitzan --- On Tue, 5/20/08, Mudy Situmorang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mudy Situmorang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [asterisk-biz] Small business question from developing nation > To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'" > <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 10:57 AM > Hi, > > I'm from developing nation somewhere beyond pacific, > where IP solution is > still rare and the market is quite small (for you guys). > We're selling / > renting PABX solution for buildings. I'm trying to > switch the business into > full IP solution. > > Asterisk Digium is a sound solution. However, in our > calculation the price > of IP phone makes total price higher. I've tried to > calculate using analog > converter and cheap phone but still doesnt look so good > (calculation below). > Using converter seems not a right solution. Most lowend > customer choose > cheaper used PABX while highend choose new PABX with fancy > digital phone and > some (limited) IP capabilities. > > My question, (to make it easier) which is better solution: > > a. I should look for cheaper IP phone that is compatible > with Digium (do you > have any clue where I can find such phone?) > > b. I should try to develop local implementation of Asterisk > (we have some > low cost local engineer, but would it difficult and cost > much more?) > > c. I should look for existing asterisk implementation other > than Digium that > is cheaper (perhaps from India or China?) > > d. Other.... ? > > TIA. > > Regards, > Mudy > > > > Brand new major brand PABX: US$ 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 _______________________________________________ --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
