RE: OT: Why should I implement VOIP

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 1:41 PM
> To: Ronnie Angello
> Cc: S Malik; Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: OT: Why should I implement VOIP
>
> 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
>

As I'm sure this was mentioned in Ronnie's Cisco link, but your Moves, Ads, and Changes (MACs) are much more manageable with a VoIP system.

If the question was about VoIP vs POTS / PRI, then there are cost advantages with VoIP, but not without the pitfalls of fully understanding what you're getting yourself involved in. If you're doing VoIP outside of your organization, you're looking at SIP and you better have a provider who knows what they are doing. 3rd party SIP is also going to require a dedicated link to their environment, depending on where you are and how many trunks you need, it may be cheaper with a PRI.

-ryan

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Received on Mon Mar 15 2010 - 17:58:36 ART