Re: [asterisk-biz] Key selling points (or) USPs for Asterisk PBX

It all depends on the customer.  You need to feel them out, but for a small system with four analog lines, the V3000 is truly a great system.  Plug and play as far as the phones, the GUI is very nice, the phones are great and have all the features that Asterisk seems to struggle with as far as buttons.

It is as close to true plug and play as any system I have dealt with as far as the customer does not need any custom integration.

The four FXO ports have true hardware DSPs (I believe), never had a single echo complaint in the dozens of systems I have installed.  That is not entirely true, I have heard some "echo" complaints but it was because two people standing side by side were talking over the phones and obviously there is a little latency over the phones.  I just tell them to go to an office and close the door and then test, which closes that complaint, so long as they cannot hear each other in person as well as over the phone.

Buttons on the phones are programmed from the V3000 so there is no need to mess with the phones.  By default, they are not IP phones, they operate on layer two (MAC) so in a basic installation, you only need one IP for the V3000.

Read up on it.  I have and continue to install these systems for about the same cost as an Asterisk system.  The downside is the upgrade path.  I was a certifiied 3com Networked Telephony Tech, although it expired for or five years ago (same with my Cisco certs.....)

--
Thanks,
Steve Totaro
+18887771888 (Toll Free)
+12409381212 (Cell)
+12024369784 (Skype)

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Robert Augustyn <robert.augustyn@comtrexinc.com> wrote:

Steve,

Why v3000 would be better then asterisk based solution?

Thanks

---

From: asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:53 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Key selling points (or) USPs for Asterisk PBX

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:29 AM, deva free <devafree@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello all

I am new here. I am currently doing freelance Asterisk work in Chennai, India.

I would be glad to hear from the experienced members of our list as to what they define as the best things about adoption of Asterisk instead of proprietary  solutions.

I myself list (pitch to prospectives) on freedom from vendor lock-in, features, flexibility and of course cost.

Regards

devafree
(R.Mahadevan)

I don't focus so much on upfront cost, if they are shopping, they will be aware. 

Besides, sometimes the initial cost is MORE for an Asterisk system compared to a little Toshiba or whatever.

If you price yourself too low, you are just hurting yourself and will be out of business soon enough, which also hurts Open Source as a whole and Asterisk directly. 

I pickup so many customers from guys that do data only stuff and stumble upon Asterisk, think they can make a few bucks on it, but do not understand the intricacies nor best practices of voice and/or VoIP, and they stop doing Asterisk after falling short on several installs, they stop offering Asterisk service, or the customer gets fed up with on going problems and are glad to pay top dollar for what is essentially the life blood of their company.

I focus on ROI, more productivity, lower cost of ownership overall.

PSSSS,  Sometimes an 3com V3000 is a much better fit for a customer than Asterisk.  Other customers may be better served with a different non-asterisk based system.

--
Thanks,
Steve Totaro
+18887771888 (Toll Free)
+12409381212 (Cell)
+12024369784 (Skype)

_______________________________________________
--Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com--

asterisk-biz mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
  http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz