Re: OT: VOIP Implementation

What a wonderful forum, I love it. So many responses and suggestions. Folks,
I appreciate that you all took time to answer my queries.

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:51 PM, ALL From_NJ <all.from.nj_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> If going with open source, also consider the Linksys phones - SPA962, these
> rock. They are very good and work nice with SIP. Nice color screens, 6
> lines, poe, etc ...
>
> You can also look at UC520s for your install. These support a single T1
> each, so you will need an ISR to handle the 4 PRIs at your main site ... you
> might be best to simply look at CME and consider this.
>
> If you know your Cisco SE, tell them to get you a quote, this would give
> you something to work from. There is often more to all of this than the
> simple numbers in these emails ... management platforms, speech to text, 3rd
> party support like IPCelerate, etc ...
>
> Good luck and let us know what you choose!
>
>
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> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Haroon <itguy.pro_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ryan, your right. But if companies can use open source products to save
>> some
>> dough, why not? With 20 users, we have not had any major issues but things
>> can change drastically if you are talking 100, 200 or 1000+ users.
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 7940s are only grey market and you're comparing an install base of 20
>> > to that of 4 pri's which could handle almost 500 depending on bdbh and
>> > blocking level. I would hope that an install base like that might
>> > include some redundancy too. My original point is to expect to pay a
>> > lot for a cucm install to support that many people. Even lower end
>> > 7941's are gonna cost a lot if you to several hundred.
>> >
>> > Sent from handheld.
>> >
>> > On May 14, 2009, at 5:52 PM, "Haroon" <itguy.pro_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > 20 but it will soon grow to about 50 users at one location and adding
>> > > another 30 from remote offices...which will require more bandwidth.
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> How many users?
>> > >>
>> > >> Sent from handheld.
>> > >>
>> > >> On May 14, 2009, at 5:47 PM, "Haroon" <itguy.pro_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> $150k? Thats crazy.
>> > >>
>> > >> What is your budget? Do you want to go all cisco or are you open to
>> > >> ideas?
>> > >> We just implemented asterisk based solution with cisco phones
>> > >> (7940s), and
>> > >> couple of trunks to voip provider for PSTN and external calls...
>> > >> extremely
>> > >> cheap and now two companies are using it for their small admissions
>> > >> departments , calling globally.
>> > >>
>> > >> We did invest in few 3750Gs and 2800 series routers, the VOIP runs
>> > >> off
>> > >> 2821s going through the existing T1.
>> > >>
>> > >> Before going with this solution, we check out cisco and avaya based
>> > >> solutions, it wasn't worth it and we were not ready to spend 20k or
>> > >> 40k on
>> > >> just VOIP solution.
>> > >>
>> > >> Haroon
>> > >>
>> > >> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Ryan West < <rwest_at_zyedge.com>
>> > >> rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> 4 pris with uc, after phones, routers, dlus, cards, switches. I
>> > >>> think
>> > >>> you would be lucky to be under 150k. But you'll probably need to
>> > >>> provide more information, a lot more.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Sent from handheld.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On May 14, 2009, at 5:28 PM, "S Malik" < <ccie.09_at_gmail.com>
>> > >>> ccie.09_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>> Can any one tell me what items will I need to implement a VOIP
>> > >>>> solution in
>> > >>>> an office for four PRIs.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> I like to know items like " CUCM or CUCC" etc.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Any one has any idea on approximate cost on it please?
>> > >>>>
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