On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Steve Totaro wrote: > >> >> $5k for a single T1 is/was pretty much the norm. Go price non-used T1 >> cards for big proprietary phone systems. >> > > Thats a copout. Big proprietary phone systems are expensive by default - > certainly not to be considered "the norm". > > I say it is an expensive solution to my problem when the dual T1 card I am > using was $850 brand new, and a single T1 from Digium is more like $650, 1 > port from Rhino is $450, etc. There seem to be lots of choices under $1K > that should work as well as an external gateway for $5K. What extra > features could possibly be worth so much? > > j >
I guess dropped calls and echo, onboard DSPs. One dropped call or crappy echo on a call could certainly cost you $5k depending what business you are in..... Not sure why you are so defensive, I just stated a fact. As much as you would like, they are still very much "The Norm", but that is changing...... -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
