[Asterisk-biz] Multipoint VOIP Network

[Anton Krall]

Exactly! Vodtel advertise their products as a "full featured IPPBX" which of
course, is not :) but creates confusion amongst clients.

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|Sent: Miércoles, 27 de Julio de 2005 10:23 a.m.
|To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
|Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Multipoint VOIP Network
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|Well, I don't know what product you taling about, but SER can 
|do the same (as a gateway) but it is NOT a PBX. A PBX will 
|give you much more then just call phones and bridge 
|conversations, like transfers, Voice Mail, IVR, and you name it.
|
|On 7/27/05, Anton Krall <akrall-lists at intruder.com.mx> wrote:
|> Guys.
|> 
|> Maybe this is a very simple or "stupid" question but reading about 
|> some systems like vodtel's get me thinking.
|> 
|> In a scenario where you have a HQ offide and some branch 
|offices, most 
|> of the time you put an asterisk based server on the main 
|office and on 
|> the satellite or branch offices, you put ATA's, IP phones, mediatrix 
|> gateways, etc. that all connect to the main Asterisk server thus 
|> giving you all the PBX functions, etc.
|> 
|> But, is it possible to have the same scenario but without 
|the Asterisk 
|> based server and just install gateways on each office? How can they 
|> communicate between them then? Products like Vodtel claim you can 
|> install gateways on each office (FXS gateways and sometimes also FXO 
|> ports) and exchange calls between them and every share the 
|FXO lines, 
|> but, don't you need a central "brain" like Asterisk to have 
|a dialplan 
|> and process the trunk and call exchange or know where all 
|the gateways are?
|> 
|> Maybe this is a silly question but I have always used Asterisk based 
|> scenarios.
|> 
|> Hope you can share a light on this matter..
|> 
|> AK
|> 
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