Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #2791


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04/21/2011 23:26:34 (13 years ago)
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  • Ticket #2791 – Description

    initial v1  
    1 From Sean: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2011-April/003255.html (I'm just translating his request into ticket format so it's in the proper queue)
     1'''What is being purchased?'''
    22
    3 This voip.ms service replaces the number I organized & had financed
    4 since March 2009:
    5 http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-March/000504.html
     3A voip.ms service to replace the number Sean Daly organized & had financed
     4since March 2009: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-March/000504.html
    65
    7 This is our direct contact lne for journalists to reach us and has
     6'''Why does this purchase benefit the operations of Sugar Labs?'''
     7
     8This is our direct contact line for journalists to reach us and has
    89proven its worth several times, notably when the BBC reached us
    910through our line and covered Sugar Labs.
    … …  
    1213decided to cut off service without a comparable replacement, as
    1314discussed in recent marketing meetings e.g.:
    14 http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-04-12T14:03:53
     15 http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-04-12T14:03:53
    1516
    1617It was necessary to replace our dead phone line (service was ended on
    1718April 3rd on short notice) prior to last Friday's press release.
    1819
    19 Reminder of our needs:
     20'''Who will be responsible for the item?'''
     21
     22Sean Daly.
     23
     24'''How much will it cost?'''
     25
     26Cost of voip.ms is approximately 5 USD per month, I seeded the account with $25.
     27
     28'''What other options were evaluated for purchase?'''
     29
     30 * Google Voice has not evolved since March 2009 and remains primitive for our needs, in particular is unavailable outside the USA
     31 * SipGate has limited dialin choice, limited scalability, and costs more than voip.ms.
     32
     33'''What were the criteria or features you needed?'''
     34
    2035 * dialin analog line in Cambridge/Boston, possibility of European dialin line
    2136 * softphone with personalized (recorded) outgoing message
    2237 * incoming message e-mailed to pr at sugarlabs.org as soundfile
    2338 * scalability (add numbers, multiple access, frontend to phone server, etc.)
    24  * possibility to organize conference call with journalists
     39 * possibility to organize conference call with journalists 
    2540
     41'''What deadlines are associated with this request?'''
    2642
    27 Other providers evaluated:
     43None.
    2844
    29  * Google Voice has not evolved since March 2009 and remains primitive for our needs, in particular is unavailable outside the USA
    30  * SipGate has limited dialin choice, limited scalability, and costs
    31 more than voip.ms
     45'''Other notes?'''
    3246
    33 Cost of voip.ms is approximately 5 USD per month, I seeded the account with $25.
     47Originally written to the marketing list at http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2011-April/003255.html - I am casting this into the format we requested, so we have an example of usage as specified by http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance#For_purchasing_things .