A couple that come to mind with me are: Yearly maintenance fees Limited programmability Fixed resources (mem, cpu) imposes physical limitations. Most of its managability benefits rely on phones being on a separate network and the pbx providing all network services.
The cisco pbx I saw fit well at the centre of a small network and it lost value if you replaced some of its functionality (like dhcp. ) Iirc it also meant no sharing of cat5 drops so there was additional installation expense. ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter MacFarlane [[email protected]] Sent: 02/05/2009 04:58 PM AST To: [email protected] Subject: [on-asterisk] Cisco VOIP Hi Guys: Cisco VOIP. Is it a good platform for an eight station call centre and three station message service? Just looking for some opinions to defend Asterisk with. I gather that SIP phones are out due to licensing cost. They would probably lose the ability have remote clients connect to the switch at a reasonable cost as well. Am I missing anything? Flexibility is probably out the window.... Thanks, Peter MacFarlane --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
