On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Henry Coleman <[email protected]>wrote:
> IMHO getting rid of PSTN lines completely might be a bad idea. When all > else fails an analog phone line is still the most robust way of accessing > the PSTN. > Obviously you have your opinion as to the way to go, I myself have a small > hosted system and also install small/medium sized Asterisk based systems. > It's just "different strokes for different folks" > > Henry > > 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 >> > > > > -- > * > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > * > *Mr. Henry L. Coleman * > * > * > > > > > > > > -- * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * *Mr. Henry L. Coleman * * *
