[VoiceOps] Switch Pricing

[Richey]

I am hoping it's not as bad as some vendors.  It seems like once you might have a small tad bit of interest the flood gates open.  Times are tough and it seems like I am bombarded with more sales related calls than ever.  In the last year or so I've tried to weed things out by asking questions like this so I don't spend half of my day talking to sales guys.

Richey

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From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Brandon Lehmann
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:37 PM
To: voiceops at voiceops.org; abalashov at evaristesys.com
Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Switch Pricing

I don't know whether I should laugh or cry at your synopsis.

Alex and others are right though. The only way you'll find even a ball park
price is to do the sales mating dance. I don't know how many times I've had
to talk to sales rep for 4+ weeks just to get a rough idea at what we
*MIGHT* spend. 

In all honesty, it is usually worth it as they are usually able to take
your requirements (A) your budget (B) and somehow find a product in their
lineup that combines the two into (C). Then again, since you are new to the
hardware; talking to them might be beneficial to you as you'll quickly
learn what you do and do not need. Some times a sales pitch isn't such a
bad thing.

Happy dancing.



On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:48:02 -0400, Alex Balashov
<abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:
> You want actual $$$ figures?  That flies in the face of all market 
> segmentation practices in enterprise pricing.  Not going to happen.
> 
> The "process" is for the sales representative to talk to you, feel you 
> out, get a sense of the purchasing power and budgetary climate of your 
> company ("what you're worth"), and then generate a "custom" quote 
> "just for you!"
> 
> Richey wrote:
> 
>> I’ve been asked to start researching our next soft switch that will 
>> replace an asterisk based VoIP platform.   Currently were reselling 
>> service in other markets that are outside of our home market.    So I am

>> starting my research on Meta, Sonus, Broadsoft,  and some competing 
>> platforms.  What I can’t find is what is the price range on anything 
>> without talking to sales and even at that it’s usually a long drawn out
>> process at least that’s my experience with other gear.  I would really 
>> like to find out the price range on some of these switches.  I am not 
>> looking for specific pricing just kind of a ball park.     
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Right now I am still in the idea stage.   We just started the process of

>> negotiating interconnection agreements so I don’t expect us to get real
>> serious on a switch selection until early 2010.   In the meantime I want

>> to learn as much as I can about possible gear but I don’t want to spend
>> time on something I don’t think will be close to the budget.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Richey
>> 
>>  
>> 
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