On 10/2/2006, "Craig FALCONER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> This is a bit of a no brainer really... >> Given that you're looking at a 20 year life (which phone equipment does >> deliver) you don't want to be purchasing older technology, that's just >> plain silly. > >A phone is a phone is a phone and that is all that most people have at home. >For 80% of the staff and 100% of the students, a phone call is all they want >to do. > >> Those analogue phones aren't going to last for ever either. > >True - but a cheap analogue phone is $30-$40, compared with hundreds for a >digital handset or anything more modern. How old is the phone in your >homes? I have one newer dect cordless, a wired uniden and a red 101 clanger >from 1971. I'm sure all three will last at least another 20 years. Don't forget that when comparing commercial phone systems you aren't comparing a $30 analogue phone to a $300 SIP phone. You are comparing a $300 digital PABX phone which is incompatible with any other manufacturer's PABX equipment (and probably incompatible with their next model PABX), with a $300.00 SIP phone that will co-operate with any SIP system. But of course Chris H's employer already has a whole bunch of the former type of handsets, so swapping them for SIP phones will cost real money.
