best VoIP Switch

[damian24]

This may be a little advanced for this forum, but, I'll give it a shot anyhow...

I'm looking at installing 2 VoIP softswiches in our company and it's come down to 2 vendors, so I need a little advice here.

Pricing is similar, features are similar, etc, etc.

Office 1 config is :
8 BRI's
65 Users / with integrated Voice to EMail
2 boardrooms with conference phones
switchboard

Office 2
3 BRI's
10 to 15 users
1 conference phone
switchboard

we have at least 512kb connectivity at each office (1.25 at HQ) and would like to use virtual tie lines between the offices

Mitel proposes their 3300 MX controller with 8 BRI ports and dozens of different licences to enable software features, these include IP to TDM compression, IP networking and Advanced VoiceMail. The Office 2 config is similar with a 3300CX unit.

3Com looks like a VCX3000/BRI for each office an additional BRI module for Office 1 to give 8BRI lines, the only addition is device licences and a IP Virtual Tie line.

The question is, which is the better vendor, which of these products is generally more stable?

If you know anything of 3com's including SIP in release 6 of the operating software, will it be native or will one need an additional server?

Thanks,
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[MrGray]

Why don't you just install Asterisk on a couple of PC's and get hold of some VOIP cards and phones?? It costs a fraction of a commercial licensed solution, there are easy tools to set this up, it endlessly scaleable and endlessly functional?

 

[damian24]

To be honest, It was on my buy list for a short while...

My major problem here was survivability when I leave the company, as it stands, the company was running several (very disparat) technologies that it would be damn difficult to find a skill set for.

My intent is to standardize so that any idiot could use it and not completely break it.

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