John, I have to agree with you, and really like the concise clear manner that you have presented it over your last few emails.
There are fewer and fewer reason's to do it yourself, especially as the hosted PBX products and options becomes better, cheaper and Internet connectivity improves. Mike On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:48 PM, John Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > I never suggested Asterisk. All I'm saying is people should not be > deploying on-site PBXs unless they have a business case to do so and if you > do a true total cost ROI (taking all factors into account, not just > up-front equipment purchase), hosted is your best solution. > > I think you interpreted my comments as suggesting that the guy should setup > his own hosted Asterisk PBX for this client which is absolutely not what I > meant. He should buy service from an existing, established, proven hosted > PBX provider, not try and do it himself. > > The traditional business case for the PBXs is to share expensive limited > resources (lines) among many people using (comparatively) less expensive > on-site equipment. In other words, it's cheaper to install your own > equipment to share lines than it is to run copper pairs of wires to every > person who needs a phone. > > With VOIP the cost of that limited resource has been greatly diminished and > thus the business case for the on-site PBX also is greatly diminished. > > Note that I did not say "eliminated". The cost of the limited resource > (lines) is pushed up the chain to the hosted PBX provider who able to use > economies of scale to drive the "per-line" cost down by over-subscribing. > > As more users shift to products like Microsoft Lync & Skype, PSTN > requirements will continue to drop and (hopefully) one day the PSTN will > disappear. > > John > -- Mike Ashton CTO Quality Track International Phone: +1 647.724.3500 x251 Cell: +1 416.527.4995
