You'll always find people ready to sell you something new. The thing to consider is what are your needs and what is your budget.
I get people calling sometimes who are expanding their business, and already spending $100-200,000 on new stuff (new vehicles, new office, new furniture, whatever) and they want to include a new phone system in the package. Their reasons might be as follows: a. they are tired of looking at the old phones (maybe they're beat up and dirty) b. they had difficulty with the old system (usually because it wasn't programmed well) c. they really, really want a few new features that the old system didn't have d. they want a "fresh" start and don't mind spending the money e. they can't find good support for the old system Some combination of the above coupled with a good loan from the bank... and a new system looks tempting. Otherwise, if you find the right source for your parts and tech support (as Carl said, see Joe Childs at austintel ) you can keep your existing system going for a long time. Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Grundlehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <kxt@kxthelp.com> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: KX-T: DBS Upgrade or start over > I'm surprised with all the responses that say to upgrade. > > The DBS 576HD has reached it's EOL but we can still support it fine. If we > were to upgrade we would spend more for 60 phones than the whole upgrade > would cost. Yes we would be on an digital IP system, but is that going to > make a difference for making phone calls. We aren't connecting brand > offices > and we don't have telecommuters. > > I'm surprised on how many people wanted to sell us a system on the list > and > even the KX-TDA200. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:26 AM > To: 'Eric Grundlehner' > Subject: RE: KX-T: DBS Upgrade or start over > > The average life of a PBX is 7 years, you can get 10 to 12 but you > sacrifice > a lot of Technology and Support. If you upgrade the DBS, which hasn't been > supported for about 2 years. Your investing in old Technology with no > support. Invest in the new KX-TDA200, you'll get the new Technology, > (Wireless and VOIP), and get a 2 years parts warranty with support from > Panasonic for the next 5 to 7 years. Great system and Wireless is a big > hit. > What part of the country are you in? > Good luck. > > > Ray Hamilton, RCDD > Specialized Telephone Systems > 11532 W. State Road 84 > Davie, FL. 33325 > 954-452-9181 > Fax 954-472-6656 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.specializedtelephones.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > Eric Grundlehner > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:42 PM > To: kxt@kxthelp.com > Subject: KX-T: DBS Upgrade or start over > > I know this is the KXT forum but this is a general question: > > > > We have a DBS 576 HD with the following: > > > HM Processor > > 8 Trunk Card > > 3 - 8 DEC Card > > 1 - 16 DEC Card > > VM Card > > PC Based Voicemail > > 36 LCD Phones > > > > We need to upgrade to 24 more extensions and a PRI (total 60 extensions & > 23 > trunks). The total for the phones, extra cabinet, processor, installation, > etc is approx 10k. Would you recommend upgrading or just starting with a > new system? Say a VOIP or another digital system? When do you say it's > time > to drop the system and get a new one? It still works well > > Thanks, > > Eric > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: > http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > > > _________________________________________________________________ > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > > _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
