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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I know it just amazes me they
are saying this.  They are saying that they will call the vendor that sold it
and the vendor will do all the work, of course for a fee, then they will not
need maintenance from Avaya. If they have a hardware problem they just keep a $500
system on the shelf and replace it….. Just seems odd. I don’t know why everyone
doesn’t jump ship to this if it is that cheap. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Matthew Loraditch
[mailto:MLoraditch@heliontechnologies.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lelio Fulgenzi; Voice Noob<br>
<b>Cc:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [cisco-voip] Avaya IP office<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Unless they’ve changed totally
then that’s BS, Avaya’s support was expensive, and had contracts that were a
royal pain to get out of if/when you ever need to change anything, the ones I
had also auto renewed and they totally did not cover upgrades. This was 2-3
years ago and for a&nbsp; Magix PBX so I can’t be sure but that’s the experience
I had.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Matthew Loraditch</span></b><span
style='color:black'><br>
10944 Beaver Dam Road, Suite A<br>
Hunt Valley, Maryland&nbsp; 21030 <br>
<a href="mailto:support@heliontechnologies.com"><span style='color:black'>support@heliontechnologies.com</span></a><br>
(p) (410) 252-8830<br>
(F) (443) 541-1593<br>
<br>
Visit us at <a href="http://www.heliontechnologies.com"><span style='color:
black'>www.heliontechnologies.com</span></a> <br>
Support Issue? Email <a href="mailto:support@heliontechnologies.com"><span
style='color:black'>support@heliontechnologies.com</span></a> for fast
assistance!</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lelio Fulgenzi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Voice Noob<br>
<b>Cc:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Avaya IP office<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Remember to compare apples to
apples and oranges to oranges.<br>
<br>
You don't HAVE to pay support to Cisco after you buy the system. It will run
and you can get support (but not major upgrades) from other venues, this list
being one.<br>
<br>
I doubt highly that Avaya provides both hardware and major software maintenance
at no cost.<br>
<br>
---<br>
Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>
Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>
&quot;Bad grammar makes me [sic]&quot; - Tshirt<br>
<br>
<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>
From: &quot;Voice Noob&quot; &lt;voicenoob@gmail.com&gt;<br>
To: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:22:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>
Subject: [cisco-voip] Avaya IP office<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I have a customer that is looking
at Avaya IP office system. One of their biggest complaints with Cisco is the
Smart net for the hardware and, ESW / UCSS for the software. Avaya is telling
them that there is NO maintenance with their system… ever. So once they buy it
they will not have the reoccurring cost. I don’t deal with any other systems
except Cisco but this just does not sound correct. Has anyone had experience
with this? <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><br>
_______________________________________________ cisco-voip mailing list
cisco-voip@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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