{"id":5692,"date":"2009-04-06T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T16:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.voipsupply.com\/?p=5692"},"modified":"2016-07-08T13:47:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:47:59","slug":"the-six-month-voip-system-roi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/the-six-month-voip-system-roi\/","title":{"rendered":"The six month VoIP system ROI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Doug Mohney at FierceVoIP dropped some great observations from last weeks VoiceCon show. The one observation that struck a cord here at VoIP Supply was the six month ROI (Return on Investment) businesses want on the purchase of a VoIP system.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago businesses were happy with an 18 month ROI. With new financial pressures (thanks to the economy) an 18 month ROI is no longer realistic for them.<\/p>\n<p>But is a six month ROI realistic either?<\/p>\n<p>Well, let&#8217;s take a look.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Sample small business<\/h3>\n<p>Acme corp wants to switch to VoIP. They are a very basic business, with basic needs. Here&#8217;s their stats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number of seats &#8211; 20<\/li>\n<li>Number of phone lines &#8211; 20<\/li>\n<li>Data connection &#8211; T1<\/li>\n<li>Monthly cost per phone line &#8211; $75<\/li>\n<li>Monthly long distance cost &#8211; $500<\/li>\n<li>Total voice bill &#8211; $2,000 per month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now these numbers are rough estimates for an average company of this size. It&#8217;s keep simple and straight forward for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>Acme Corp wants to replace their existing phone system with a VoIP phone system and use VoIP lines for their local and long distance calling.<\/p>\n<h3>Sample bare bone VoIP system<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s assume that in this situation Acme Corp really is a basic company and just needs a basic solution. They&#8217;ve also have existing networking infrastructure to accommodate a VoIP system and their T1 has enough bandwidth to handle VoIP calls.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SwitchVox SMB AA300 &#8211; $5,959.00\n<ul>\n<li>20 silver licenses<\/li>\n<li>45 concurrent calls<\/li>\n<li>T1 card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>(20) Polycom IP501 VoIP phones &#8211; $3,299.00<\/li>\n<li>Configuration and installation &#8211; $1,000.00<\/li>\n<li>Total VoIP system cost &#8211; $10,258.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, this is a bare bones on average system. Actual sell prices might vary.<\/p>\n<h3>Achieving a six month ROI<\/h3>\n<p>In order for this sample business to achieve a positive ROI in six months, they&#8217;d have to save a total of $10,258.00 ($2,051.60) in the first five months of having their VoIP system. Since the business only spends $2,000 per month on calling a six month ROI isn&#8217;t feasible.<\/p>\n<p>This business will see an ROI within eight months, which isn&#8217;t bad. Then again this whole example makes a lot of assumptions.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s realistic?<\/h3>\n<p>Given the above example it is realistic that an average business, with average needs, can see a positive ROI on a VoIP system investment within eight months. Six months is a stretch.<\/p>\n<p>For businesses and VoIP system vendors it is likely that delivering <em>a positive ROI within six months is only possible through something other then pure cost savings<\/em>. Be that via increased productivity, operational efficiency or something else that comes with the integration of a VoIP system.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line here is that a six month ROI is tough to achieve&#8230;making it time for folks on both sides to get a little more creative when it comes to ROI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Doug Mohney at FierceVoIP dropped some great observations from last weeks VoiceCon show. The one observation that struck a cord here at VoIP Supply was the six month ROI (Return on Investment) businesses want on the purchase of a VoIP system. A year ago businesses were happy with an 18 month ROI. 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