On Friday, December 28, 2007, 12:50:23, Sharyn Schmidt wrote:
>> Are  you planning on implementing an open source (e.g. www.asterisk.org)
>> solution or a proprietary one?
>
> I believe we are going with whatever Cisco uses.

This  covers  a wide area. Cisco makes both VoIP phones and (for lack of
anything better to call it) VoIP server software.

> We are getting our direction from our new, parent company. They are
> the ones requiring us to do this.

Then  you  should get more info from them. Are they planning on having a
single  enterprise  wide  dialplan where anyone can directly dial anyone
elses extension? Is each remote office going to be its own 'island'?

>> Are you going to be doing the design, sizing, and installation yourself or
>> are you having an outside vendor do it?
>
> I probably have the option of going either way on this. I'd prefer to
> design it myself and perhaps get an outside vendor if we need
> more/different cabling, but I'm open to either.

Cabling  is  only  a  small  part  of  the physical design. Of much more
interest  is migrating from your existing PBX system to the new one. Are
you going to have a flag day or is it going to be a gradual migration?

> At the moment, I don't know enough about it to make that call. I do
> know that even if we do use an outside vendor for the initial design
> and implementation, I still better know how to fix it when it breaks
> :)

If  a  Cisco  based  system is decreed theres no shortage of places that
offer training.

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