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Broadcloud, correct me if I am wrong, is positioned as a service Cisco's sells to service providers to resell. We used to have it along with Broadsoft. Both are now gone. Broadsoft made more sense profit wise due to Broadcloud's pricing and requirements.</div>
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I cannot imagine MS wanting to become a ringcentral and sell directly which means, like you said, they will setup a model like Cisco. Which means some service providers would pick it up and add it as another service they resell.</div>
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As time goes on I have noticed many customers want to buy their internet and telephone service from the same company to have a single point of contact for support. It also allows them to get a discount when buying both. Now on top of that if we start reselling
a telephone service with other MS services it will really confuse the status quo. Does a customer really want to deal with their internet service provider when making large decisions about MS software and services? I guess it might be ok for small and possibly
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I am rambling a bit and have not fully thought it through but it strikes me as a me-too idea and I don't think MS is really thinking that. I had a feeling they wanted the knowledge and talent to integrate SIP like tech throughout their portfolio and also create
something that allows enterprise customers to manage their own phones. The customers would still be ordering SIP trunks from a service provider though. Why get into the service provider realm? Plenty of money to be made doing it in a more traditional manner
their customers might desire? The whole manage your own phone thing/PBX would integrate with teams/desk phones/laptops/desktops/cell phones/video conf/etc... That sounds like something MS could sell the crap out of if done right.</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> VoiceOps <voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org> on behalf of Mike Hammett <voiceops@ics-il.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 7, 2020 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ryan Finnesey <ryan.finnesey@conovence.com><br>
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<b>To: </b>voiceops@voiceops.org<br>
<b>Sent: </b>Monday, December 7, 2020 9:25:38 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[VoiceOps] Metaswitch</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="color:black">I wanted to get some feedback from the people that are using
</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Helvetica; color:#767676; background:white">Metaswitch</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Helvetica; color:#666666; background:white"> How are things are going with the Microsoft
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Helvetica; color:#666666; background:white">Thanks for your feedback.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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