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Traditional IP PBX |
Broad Connect Hosted PBX |
| Scalability |
- Limited number of users
- Fixed lines difficult to scaled up/down
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- Unlimited users
- Can be scaled up/down easily as per business requirement
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| Cost |
- High upfront costs to invest in premises base PBX system
- Unpredictable and high maintenance and support costs
- Higher when total costs factored in
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- Low upfront costs and low monthly fees
- 24x7 support and maintenance included
- Lower cost with outsource
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| Call Capacity |
- Limited to number of lines
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- Depends on the amount of bandwidth available
- High call quality maintained at all times
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| Mobility |
- Does not integrated with other phone systems
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- Allows routing to alternated phones so calls can be completed even when the employee is away from the office
- Provides a unified platform across remote offices
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| Network Management and Administration |
- Hard-to-manage dialing plans
- Service islands
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- Centralized mgmt. and MACs
- Uniform dialing plans
- Uniform service set
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| Technology Risk and Maintenance |
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- Borne by service provider
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| Management |
- Mgmt. based on each system
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