Re: [asterisk-biz] Small business question from developing nation

Where did you get the $21,000 quote for 200 PAP2T units? Typical price
is less than half of that.

-- Nitzan

--- On Tue, 5/20/08, Mudy Situmorang <mudy@tdmm.net> wrote:

> From: Mudy Situmorang <mudy@tdmm.net>
> Subject: [asterisk-biz] Small business question from developing nation
> To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'" <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com>
> Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 10:57 AM
> Hi,
>
> I'm from developing nation somewhere beyond pacific,
> where IP solution is
> still rare and the market is quite small (for you guys).
> We're selling /
> renting PABX solution for buildings. I'm trying to
> switch the business into
> full IP solution.
>
> Asterisk Digium is a sound solution. However, in our
> calculation the price
> of IP phone makes total price higher. I've tried to
> calculate using analog
> converter and cheap phone but still doesnt look so good
> (calculation below).
> Using converter seems not a right solution. Most lowend
> customer choose
> cheaper used PABX while highend choose new PABX with fancy
> digital phone and
> some (limited) IP capabilities.
>
> My question, (to make it easier) which is better solution:
>
> a. I should look for cheaper IP phone that is compatible
> with Digium (do you
> have any clue where I can find such phone?)
>
> b. I should try to develop local implementation of Asterisk
> (we have some
> low cost local engineer, but would it difficult and cost
> much more?)
>
> c. I should look for existing asterisk implementation other
> than Digium that
> is cheaper (perhaps from India or China?)
>
> d. Other.... ?
>
> TIA.
>
> Regards,
> Mudy
>
>
>
> Brand new major brand PABX: US$ 75,000
> Main unit, attendant console, 300 digital & 120 IP
> trunk, annual license
> cost
>
> Used major brand PABX: US$ 40,000
> 450 line
>
>
> Digium solution:
> Switchvox SMB, silver subscription, Quad span T1/E1 with
> echo cancellation,
> annual license cost
> $ 30,556
>
> With lynksys PAP2T
> Lynksys 200 units $ 21,800
> (converts analog phone)
> Analog phone 400 units $ 2,800
> Total cost: $ 55,256
>
> With SoundPoint IP 301
> IP Phone $ 69,600
> Total cost: $ 100,256
>
>
>
>
>
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