Ok.... we've just deployed some Asterisk services & got referral of another
from the next door (client's competition) and they want the same system.
So here is what is happening --
First client (Originally not on a PBX system):
- 5 Telephone lines originally
- paying about $50/phone line (marked Business Line)
- Monthly bill for 5 phone lines ~ $250/month.
- Replaced entire service of bell with SIP trunking and now service is
costing them less than half that.
Second client (well prospect) next door who saw what we did (has a small
office PBX):
- I was quite stunned when I saw their phone bill
- They too have 5 bell lines ~$50/month/line (this was marked Business
Line)
- Immediately below on the bill are 5 units of what is marked as "Local Link
PBell" at ~ $50/Local Link.
- Now these guys are paying per month approx $500+ for their 5 phone line
service.
In other words -- the prospect is paying literally MORE than double of our
first client. Annually they are paying more than $6,000 for their phone
service. So this new opportunity is already a winner (in principle) but I
want your 2 cents on this "Local Link".
My 2 cents (for TAUG) to be quite blunt, is that this "Local Link" is
nothing but a business line packaged with features. That is: Call
Forwarding, Name/Number Display, callTransfer, 3 way calling, bla bla
bla. --- and is absolutely un-necessary if you have SIP trunking and having
Asterisk to manage all these wonderful features.
Your thoughts please before I actually go and say they were being over
charged and/or present a cost savings analysis for them.
Cheers!
Reza.
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