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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have to agree with Erick on lifespan, I frankly don’t expect a 12 year no maintenance required lifespan from anything electronic. There are things that will
last that long like some home appliances but most will require repair along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The manufacturing standards of 20-30 years ago may have provided more rugged long lasting devices but with very little room for inline feature upgrades and
expansion, now you get a shorter lifespan but a much greater possibility of being able to get new features several times over the lifespan of the device through simple firmware upgrades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">There are benefits to both types of hardware and a ROI calculations are not the same.<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>Wellnitz, Erick A.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 06, 2011 3:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rick Gilliam; SouthEast Texas Telecom; 'Nate VanMaren'; 'Mark Pratt'; cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Phones-Life expectancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">While these old systems may be rock solid (as can Cisco with a good design) We’ve replaced two Nortel and are in the process of replacing a Siemens/ROLM system.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">There are many compelling reasons to stay with an old system but there are also many compelling reasons to switch to your VoIP system of choice.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Single wire to the desktop
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Integration with Exchange and Outlook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">No gigantic rat’s nest of cross connects from 66 or 110 blocks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">XML Apps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The phones are no longer ‘dumb’ endpoints<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The most adored feature from many of our end users is the BLF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can fit an entire VoIP solution in one rack opposed to the monstrosities these ‘old’ PBX systems are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Honestly, 12 years is good for what the devices do. Would any of you expect a 12 year lifespan from your smartphone?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rick Gilliam<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 06, 2011 1:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SouthEast Texas Telecom; 'Nate VanMaren'; 'Mark Pratt'; <a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">
cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Phones-Life expectancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Agreed Chris as I have ROLM single and Multi-nodes that approach the 30 year acid test and continue to chug right along like the day they were installed Sir.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> SouthEast Texas Telecom
<SETXTELECOM@att.net><br>
<b>To:</b> 'Nate VanMaren' <VanMarenNP@ldschurch.org>; 'Mark Pratt' <Mark.Pratt@wageworks.com>; cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:58 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Phones-Life expectancy</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Which is POOR….an Avaya, ROLM or Nortel will last 15-20 years…POOR ROI!!!!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Chris</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nate VanMaren<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 06, 2011 11:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Pratt; cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Phones-Life expectancy</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A Cisco product manager for the some of the phones said they design the phones to last 10-12 years of normal use.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-Nate</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Pratt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] Phones-Life expectancy</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">All,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Anyone got any input into average life expectancy of the 79XX series of phones?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We have had our 7960’s now for about 5 years and starting to see an upturn in the number of units experiencing failures of different
types (and yes they are EOL).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Any input on newer models?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I have been googling but did not find any info. I know environment/users have a lot to do with it. Just trying to get a “average” if
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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