First , you need to see what your insurance policy covered. If it covered replacement, then the easist thing for you to do is make the claim and replace your old pbx through a local service provider(asterisk or not).
Second if you know next to nothing about pbx's and phone, then the time it takes you to learn asterisk, or whatever you choose, means no phones for your company's employees which in turn could equal more lost revenue, etc. Depending on your familiarity with linux, the learning curve could be steep and prove frustrating considering everything else you'll be dealing with (new network infrastructure, new computers, new servers, new telco/data circuits). Less expensive components does not always equal cheaper. Before I installed my system I knew tip/ring and some T-1 stuff on the telco side. It took me 3-4 months to get completely comfortable with asterisk and all the other telco things before I deployed my asterisk system, which replaced a working legacy pbx. The most difficult thing was the telco side. There are many ways to get dialtone, and telco engineers aren't always forthcoming with information. They are used to dealing with vendors that know what they know. my $0.02 -sb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Wagner Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New PBX Help Hi All, We recently had an old office building burn down. The office housed maybe 20-30 people. Only about 10 or so of those had their own extensions. We had a standard pbx from an area communications company, and I'm not quite sure about what kind of phone lines were there, I only know that their were actually 3 phone numbers, but everyone could get an outside line if they needed to. We're looking at moving to a new building, and I would like to use Asterisk, because I feel it would be cheaper than purchasing a pbx. Is there any reccomendations as to how I might set this up??? Keep in mind that I know next to nothing about pbx's and phone systems. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Mike Wagner MCCESC _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
