[TriLUG] so what does a 10 phone Asterisk system cost these days?

[Jim Ray]

If money is not an object, go for the VoIP. There are terrific sounding
analog handsets out there ten times cheaper than the Polycom 301 VoIP
handset I bought.

Cost lies in the handsets not in the head unit.

There are no additional features necessary for operation with the
Talkswitch system. It has everything I need (autoattendant, voice mail,
follow me roaming, POTS, VoIP).

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of jonc at nc.rr.com
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:58 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] so what does a 10 phone Asterisk system cost these
days?

Lookup pricing on Voipsupply.com. They sell a Trixbox that would work
just fine for your friends. Very easy to setup. Very easy to maintain.
Full of features that you will never find on a cheapo Analog PBX.
I recommend model CEROSR4XO-EC  (advertised price:  $1,335.99)

Note: if they plan on growing, you might want the more pricey TB-01... 

This would use the 4 incoming lines from Sprint for connection to the
PSTN and let them use VoIP phones for connections to the PBX.

Cerient (Cerient.net) has experience with similar installs. So far they
have a great on-site track record for VoIP/hybrid pbx installs.

Now for the interesting part of a phone system - the clients will judge
the new system almost completely on the handsets that are put in with
the system... No matter how good the features and sound quality, crappy
handsets == crappy phone system.
I recommend you get Polycomm (or Cisco)phones for the system. These will
cost from $100 to $200 each depending on the functions you need for the
phones. Of course you could go with Softphones like the VT-GO from
IPBlue. These are about half the cost of Hardware phones and generally
work very well - as long as the computer workstations are decent.

Good Luck!

Jon Carnes
FeatureTel
 
---- Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote: 
> Go to hellodirect.com and order a Talkswitch. Use regular analog
phones. Your per phone cost for VoIP is something like $300 and for POTS
something like $5 from the Walmart check out line. The head unit is a
grand or two.
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Brown
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:17 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: [TriLUG] so what does a 10 phone Asterisk system cost these
days?
> 
> My friends who run the campground at the outer banks are looking to
upgrade
> their phone system - but what does it cost?  They have 10 phones now,
all
> are multi-line ancient things.  They have four incoming lines from
> Sprint/Embark (the only provider on the Island) and they'd like to
keep
> their lines.
> 
> So what they are looking for is a new phone system, naturally, I
thought
> Asterisk.  I'd be interested in getting some a quote or two for
installation
> and support of the system.  The good news is whoever is maintaining
the
> system will have inbound ssh (with Squid if you need it) access so the
> system can be maintained over the Internet.
> 
> Also I can be utilized if you need to replace a handset, etc as I am
present
> in the area MOST WEEKENDS.  I can also help with the physical
installation
> of the hardware if required.
> 
> Requirements are as follows:  10 phones, all IP all with an internal
> switch.  The existing wiring isn't pretty I'm sorry to say but most
rooms
> have at least one 100 meg cat 5 drop.  The computers in each room will
have
> to be connected via the phone switch port.  Voicemail is a big thing.
If
> you can believe it there is no voicemail in the current system.
> 
> That's about it - what would a system like this cost?
> 
> Greg
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