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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a client who I am working with on a voice solution.
They have two offices. As of now they are connected via site to site VPN for
Active Directory, CRM and mail exchange. The office here is small, only 25
employees. There is no plan for major growth any time in the foreseeable future.
Their remote office is very, very small. Only 5 employees. Both offices will
remain functional but major employee growth is not expected in either. My
question is this…is it possible for them just to do CCME in both offices
with the ability of on net calls to each other via SIP trunk or will they need
to go to Call Manager? I think Call Manager pricing will make this deal fall
through in this case but I don’t want to push them to something where
they are going to loose the benefits of interconnection. The dial plans
can/will be different, each will have PSTN for local calling in their
respective areas, and separate directories will be fine because of the fact
that business in each location is technically local to that office for the most
part. Also how scalable can this solution be if say they wanted to consolidate some
of their long distance calling via the central office here if that is even
possible. Will the costs of just doing Call Manager now be just as effective as
installing/maintaining two CCME systems? Anyone have a good doc that addresses
this decision making process?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Curt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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