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That was my post also. There are other Data VARs I have talked to that claim to be CISCO Call Manager certifed. I wonder if CISCO is going to do what 3Com did in our area a few years ago. They set up a dealer on every corner. These guys dumped loads of the stuff around here and now only one company sells and services the stuff. One other thing. Our local hospital is going around to the doctor's offices in town and setting them up with CISCO phones on a rental program. The doctor pays a monthly rent to have the hospital maintain and provide everything. That's making a lot of vendors really upset. The hospital is also trying to take over the data admin as well. This is a profit center for a county owned hospital.

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Coral - could you elaborate on the CISCO and Dallas fiasco? I have seen/heard references to this but I have not heard the details.
Thanks, Bill

Will do. I have to find the newspaper articles. You know, this is one thing that Cisco does well is cover up on the internet. It's simply amazing the way they flood the search engines when they have problems with their systems. I guese an inherrent advantage when you deal with the internet so much.

You have email BillyBob.

Thanks, Rich!

Coral could you possible email me those articles as well?

gary

can I have a copy of the scandal also, I vaguely remember it put a little refresher won't hurt me. thanks

Now I startd this. Make sure I get a copy.

Thanks

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Could I have one too. I found an article on the Cisco website that uses dallas as an example of how great their systems are. Here is how it reads.....


Reducing Costs
Government deficits are triggering a search for savings. Savings in voice services, for example, can pay for numerous
high-profile, high-return projects, including surveillance, emergency notification, business continuity, and mobility.
Governments can reduce TCO for their voice networks by consolidating disparate voice and data networks to a
single, converged network for all traffic types. IP Communications reduces costs because an agency need manage only
one network for voice, data, and video. For example, the City of Dallas, Texas, was able to converge incompatible
data networks—five in all—and one voice network into a single, converged network that will generate US$21 million
in savings over a 10-year period.

Your comment in regards to the hospital should be a warning for all of us! I service quite a few doctors and they tell me they have been approched by the local hospital for exactly the same thing. Going so far as total maintenance!! Health care administrators are looking for more revenue streams and with VoIP, they can add a Value-Added-Service. Keep in touch with your customers and get to know the person in charge of communications at the local hospital.