Cisco and VoIP Costs
This caught my eye in the Network World Cisco News Alert newsletter:
Cisco tops the field in VoIP costs
Comparison by Nemertes rates Avaya, Nortel, ShoreTel.
By Robin Gareiss, Network World, 05/15/06
In the Nemertes study, Avaya, Cisco, Nortel and ShoreTel garnered enough statistical responses to be counted individually.
That makes sense, because Cisco rollouts are typically larger and more complex than the other vendors'.
Cisco IP telephony systems often require additional network upgrades, which must be taken into account during the planning and installation phases. ShoreTel deployments are typically smaller and less complex than the others.'
For example, Cisco's VoIP rollouts include the highest average number of VoIP handsets: 3,344 per organization. Avaya has the second-highest average number of handsets (2,393), Nortel averaged 722 handsets and ShoreTel averaged 522 handsets.
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