Looking for some input... First of all this would be an install in Canada, near Toronto. I have client that has very nice Cat 5 and Cat 3 cabling. In perhaps 3~5 years I want to move everything over to fibre optics, so I would prefer right now to deploy IP Office with some IP phones but also digital ones using the existing Cat 3 infrastructure. Not only for economics but there are some dinosaurs at the office who will find IP phones a little too high tech. My question is: Is deploying digital phones now too big a step backwards? What are any of you doing to deal with existing infrastructure and some workers fear of change? Btw, this project is part of a 5 year plan for this company. My feeling was to replace the digital phones, over time, with either soft phones or a IP phones as we move to fibre.
Cheers!
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