[Asterisk-biz] Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

[Tom Rymes]

On Oct 31, 2005, at 9:07 PM, Greg Boehnlein wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Tom Rymes wrote:
>
>> What problems? Which version? It works very, very well for me.
>
> As long as you need to do things the way that A at H has decided is the
> "correct" way to do things. If you need to step outside of the basic
> parameters for which it was originally intended and do any minute  
> amount
> of customization, the chore becomes ominous. The name of the  
> product is
> "Asterisk At Home" not, "Asterisk At A Small Business".

This is definitely FUD. It is called Asterisk at Home because it  
includes an interface for smart-home controllers, not because it only  
works for household installations. A at H is simply a bundle of  
Asterisk, AMP, SugarCRM, FOP, and a number of other goodies. It is  
not feature limited or somehow hobbled. As has been mentioned on this  
list before (by me, even...) A at H/AMP does indeed provide ways to  
customize the installation. I, for example, have customized it to  
send a particular ZAP channel to a ring group instead of following  
the "Incoming calls" settings in AMP.

Now, if you are the type of person who wants unlimited control over  
asterisk, then you shouldn't use AMP/A at H, because the GUI necessarily  
places limits on the level of customization you can make. However, I  
would venture a guess that at least 95% of small businesses are  
looking for a system that is full-feaured, affordable, and reliable.  
They are much less concerned with massive customizability. (Witness  
the success of the AT&T/Lucent/Avaya Partner systems with small  
businesses. Far less customizable or full featured than A at H.)

Tom

PS: We still don't know what version of A at H gave you problems...