--On Tuesday, September 21, 2004 15:58 -0700 "Wiley E. Siler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A completely valid point you make...
Just remember to multiply that 8 dollars times the number of phones times the number of years you need to have them in service.... Extend that to the other Cisco items you need to maintain and purchase and the costs keeps rising.... Mine is just a simple observation regarding the costs of being a Cisco customer.
Like I said, it is about preference and budgeting... Even if I only save $300 dollars a year from using alternatives to Cisco in my enterpise (switches, firewalls, phones, etc), it is still $300. Usually, the $ saved from finding comparable products at lower prices also benefit my overall budget since Cisco tends to be a premium price.
Like I said... I won't disparage Cisco products in any way. They are barring none, some of the best out there. I just prefer a different licensing model for my enterprise and find that I can get comparable performance by alternatives. If anyone has the budget and desire, they would be well served by any Cisco product they purchase.
It is just not my choice... Thus my disclaimer in the footer of the last post.
Ohhno, I'm not grilling you or anything Wiley, just pointing out that for many orgs the $8/mo wouldn't be too bad considering the level of support they'd receive. For some it's not worth it, and that's totally understandable. We each have our own priorities to consider. I simply wanted to mention the actual cost involved in case anyone thought that it was some really absurd per-phone price.
My biggest problem still remains finding competent resellers where I can buy the phones from.
Cheers, Wiley
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