bzbee
IS-IT--Management
- Mar 15, 2010
- 21
Greetings,
Does anyone have any tips for finding a local Avaya consultant? I've tried searching online for telecom consultants and on Craigslist for folks who work with this equipment but am not finding much luck.
At one of my many jobs, I serve as a sys admin which includes overseeing an IPO 500 unit. Currently, we have 8 POTS lines that serve two companies on site. Now, we're adding a third. Instead of blowing money on more POTS lines and analog cards for the unit, I'm wondering if splitting a T1 (12 lines for phone, rest for data) may be a better use of money and serve us better in the long run (especially if I need to add lines and just pull them from the T1). On the other hand, SIP trunks seem promising but I'm at a loss of how to implement them on the unit. So, as you can see, many questions for me and I don't work on this stuff enough to be confident in the path to follow.
I could be cheap and try to pick the brains of everyone here but thought bringing in a hired gun may be the smartest thing to do at this point. So, how does one find this mythical Avaya consultant. I'd prefer to have someone on-site to review the current setup and walk through things and am not looking for a salesperson just telling me to buy the latest X for no particular reason.
I'm just outside of the Raleigh/Durham area in North Carolina. Ironically, I think the corporate headquarters of Avaya is located in the park here but finding a consultant seems just as easy as finding Bigfoot.
Any ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Have a great day you Titans of Telecom!
chris
Does anyone have any tips for finding a local Avaya consultant? I've tried searching online for telecom consultants and on Craigslist for folks who work with this equipment but am not finding much luck.
At one of my many jobs, I serve as a sys admin which includes overseeing an IPO 500 unit. Currently, we have 8 POTS lines that serve two companies on site. Now, we're adding a third. Instead of blowing money on more POTS lines and analog cards for the unit, I'm wondering if splitting a T1 (12 lines for phone, rest for data) may be a better use of money and serve us better in the long run (especially if I need to add lines and just pull them from the T1). On the other hand, SIP trunks seem promising but I'm at a loss of how to implement them on the unit. So, as you can see, many questions for me and I don't work on this stuff enough to be confident in the path to follow.
I could be cheap and try to pick the brains of everyone here but thought bringing in a hired gun may be the smartest thing to do at this point. So, how does one find this mythical Avaya consultant. I'd prefer to have someone on-site to review the current setup and walk through things and am not looking for a salesperson just telling me to buy the latest X for no particular reason.
I'm just outside of the Raleigh/Durham area in North Carolina. Ironically, I think the corporate headquarters of Avaya is located in the park here but finding a consultant seems just as easy as finding Bigfoot.
Any ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Have a great day you Titans of Telecom!
chris