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kleinbl00  ·  3070 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 9.3M Patient Records Hacked

Dude that would be so dope. Because here's where we're at:

"Well, we need seven extensions, so I guess we need a business phone system. Better call a referral to get a quote."

"Huh. The quote came in at $5800 for seven phones and they never even visited the site. Maybe I should talk to them."

"Huh. After an hour and a half of glad-handing I'm almost willing to pay $2200 for two phones. Except they won't even walk in until we've got CAT5 strung everywhere. I guess I better get a quote."

"Huh. They want to charge me $700 for a fucking WAP and $5800 to pull 14 runs of CAT5."

"Huh. I'm talking a contractor who doesn't know the difference between CAT5 and CAT3 into pulling my wire, then terminating it myself, then reading the most boring book in the world in order to ask intelligent questions when buying a cloud PBX."

"Huh. this is why people pay ITN 43 cents a foot for fucking CAT5E."





user-inactivated  ·  3070 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not to second guess people who know what you're looking for better than I do, but I don't think any of Cisco's IP phones are more than $200 and I'd be skeptical of anything an order of magnitude more expensive than Cisco kit. And also a $700 WAP for less than a dozen users.

kleinbl00  ·  3070 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Starts with an Avaya IP Office 500V2. $1200 front end.

Goes downhill from there.