[cisco-voip] PBX

[Tim Reimers]

Umm... this may get me banned from the list, but ;-)

If it's for a hotel, where many of the phones are just single line
standard homeowner type phones... 

then I'd use Asterisk.
http://www.asterisk.org/

A good "distribution" of this is Trixbox.
http://fonality.com/trixbox/

They have a CE (Community Edition) of this -

Your expense then is for the copper line cards to support all the
copper.
And it would appear you can use a VG-224 running SIP
http://fonality.com/trixbox/forums/vendor-forums-non-certified/linksys/c
isco/cisco-vg224-trixbox
http://fonality.com/trixbox/forums/trixbox-forums/trunks/sip-trunk-cisco
-gateway

That might be the cheapest way to get copper ports for the Asterisk
system.

One good PC, one CD of Trixbox 2.8, one VG224, and a bunch of cheap
handsets...


Tim Reimers
Systems Analyst II
Information Technology Services
City of Asheville
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Asheville, NC 28801
phone - 828-259-5512
treimers at ashevillenc.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Abebe Amare
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 1:55 AM
To: David Zhars
Cc: cisco voip
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] PBX

Hi Dave,

I reside in one of the poorest places in Africa so my insistence on
cost. The solution is for a small motel which needs about 40 phones.
They just need very basic features.There is no copper PSTN access for
outgoing calls only GSM connection. If the UC system is affordable that
is the best option for me.

best regards,

Abebe
On 12/18/10, David Zhars <dzhars at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well good luck Abebe....  I went through this same exercise 5 years 
> ago.  So called "standard" PBXs are very expensive, hard to configure 
> or expand, and have very little "future-ization" built in.  IP PBXs 
> are very expensive, moderately hard to configure and expand, and have
a lot of "future-ization"
> built in.   Do you deal with a large VAR like a CDW, or ProVantage,
PCMall,
> etc?  They might be a better source of information.  Many phone 
> companies now offer "rentable" PBXs, where the PBX stays in their 
> building, and it runs via a connection back to them (generally a high 
> speed Internet connection).
>
> I found this blurb when I was doing my looking around and it's still 
> true
> today:
>
> "Estimating costs for a complete phone system are very difficult: 
> costs can quickly climb into the tens of thousands of dollars. Key 
> systems and hybrids can range from $350 to $1000 per user, depending
on the features you select.
> For larger PBX systems, prices start at around $800 per user, but 
> usually wind up more in the $1000 per user range. There are 
> significant economies of
> scale: very small offices will find it hard to stay under $1000 per 
> user for any system, and companies with 100 or more employees save
considerably."
>
> I would think it very hard to purchase and install a new PBX with new 
> phones for less than $500 a person, and that would be cheap.
>
> Again, good luck.  And last word: stay away from that junk you'll find

> at Staples or Best Buy!!
>
> Dave
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Abebe Amare <abucho at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Thanks Go0se,
>>
>> What kind of phones the UC 500 series support? Cisco phones are very 
>> expensive for the price range I am looking for. I am looking for low 
>> priced solution with very basic key system functionality.
>>
>> best regards,
>>
>> Abebe Amare
>>
>> On 12/17/10, Go0se <me at go0se.com> wrote:
>> >
>> http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/products/voic
>> e_confe
>> > rencing/uc_500_series/index.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Click on the MODELS tab once you open the page above. Then click 
>> > the GET STARTED tab to find someone who'll sell/install it for you.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Go0se
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > My blog:
>> >
>> > http://atc.go0se.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Help Hopegivers International
>> >
>> > Feed the orphans of Haiti and India
>> >
>> > http://www.hopegivers.org
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> > [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Abebe 
>> > Amare
>> > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 6:45 AM
>> > To: cisco voip
>> > Subject: [cisco-voip] PBX
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello guys,
>> >
>> > This might not be the right place to ask being a voip list, but I 
>> > was wondering if someone could recommend me a 48 phone capable PBX 
>> > like panasonic and if possible with phone models as well?
>> >
>> > best regards,
>> >
>> > Abebe Amare
>> >
>> >
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