Re: OT: Why should I implement VOIP

There are many things to consider. Where are you in your current solutions
technology cycle? You should do a ROI study to determine the feasibility.
Also, depending upon your calling patterns and geographical footprint, you
would need to take into consideration the cost of PRI's at remote locations,
SRST, cost savings that TEHO could bring.
Then of course the deployment model can make a big difference in the initial
outlay ( centralized, distributed, etc.).
Also taking into account your current infrastructure and WAN links is
important as VoIP / UC deployments have specific bandwidth delay / jitter
requirements along with the ability of the carrier to honor your QoS
markings.

Being able to answer these questions will give you an indicator as to
"should we implement Ip Telephony" then you can move on to better answer the
"why should we question".
Thanks
Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Joe Astorino <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>wrote:

> Oh this is just begging for the traditional Cisco sales pitch : ) No, but
> seriously...I will offer a few things for you. Granted, I am not a voice
> guy so take this however you want.
>
> 1) Data/Voice convergence -- This is a big thing for Cisco. Getting your
> data and your voice all on to a single converged network system. No more
> isolation of data network and telecom. No more CAT-5 v.s RJ-11 being run.
> EVERYTHING on the network.
>
> 2) Less overhead of legacy PBX systems -- Some of those old systems are a
> pain. And let's face it, they are reliable as anything, but if something
> does go wrong it is a MAJOR outage and difficult to fix without a
> specialized person that does JUST pbx stuff
>
> 3) OK I'll say it -- Toll bypass. Even though from what I understand, this
> is less of a selling point than it used to be the fact still remains that
> if
> you have a solid WAN with QoS implemented properly, you can make site to
> site calls over the network instead of paying a long distance carrier.
>
> So there are three pros for you.
>
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> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Ronnie Angello <ronnie.angello_at_gmail.com
> >wrote:
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> > I assume that you're referring to Unified Communications or IPT, not
> > just VoIP. VoIP technically is just one application - voice over an
> > IP network.
> >
> > This is a pretty good overview. It's a Cisco document, but it sums up
> > the benefits pretty well.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.cisco-secure.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6882/ps6884/solution_overview_c22-484573.html
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> > Ronnie
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> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM, S Malik <ccie.09_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Can any one let me know on why one should implement VOIP in his/her
> > > organization please?
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> > > PROS/CONS as compared to traditional PBXs?
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