[Asterisk-biz] Billing software

[Operations Jabeens]

Hi,
Let me add my two cents into this discussion.
 Its a pity that virtually no commercial or open source software (native to
Asterisks) is available to run a professional level VOIP based services such
as calling card or whole sale VOIP termination services. You will find many
pieces here and there , also supposedly free ( you pay to developer to work
as consultant instead )m in many flavor of open source components, but not
an integrated holistic solution.
 Hope this scenario will change soon. Ending monopolistic hefty pricing
regime of incumbent legacy software such as Sysmaster or MERA or Eyebill
should foster innovation from small startup telcos delivering value added
services to their niches.
 Can someone or a group take a lead here to end this status-quo?
 Thanks,
Ifte

 On 11/22/05, Thameem Ansari <thameem.ansari at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Darren,
> Thanks for the information. I tried installing the AstBill a month ago and
> didn't go thru well. It also requires Drupal at the end of configuration.
> But I want to run off of Drupal. I agree that mysql 5 has lot of features
> and I am great fan of Stored Procedures. The problem is, I am already
> running some applications in Mysql 3.23 version and I am not sure Mysql 5
> migration going to affect those apps. Anyway I will give it a try this week
> and if I need I will ping you for help.
>
> Thanks,
> Thameem
>
>  On 11/22/05, Are <are at astartelecom.com> wrote:
>
> >  AstBill now have an installation script that simplifies installation.
> > We also have an automatic upgrade service for support paying customers. Just
> > like windows update. :-)
> >
> > Contact me if you want paid installation/support. It cost less than
> > commercial software and you are supporting the development of sofisticated
> > Open Source Software.
> >
> > The reason we are using MySQL 5 is that we believe in the future. Modern
> > billing applications need features like Views and Stored Procedures to
> > scale efficient. Must of the logic in AstBill is done in Stored procedures.
> > This saves round trips between servers and languages and allows for a very
> > efficient scaling of customers. We have live customers with 9500 users and
> > have done tests with 100 000 accounts. It works like a dream.
> >
> > MySQL 5.0 Downloaded One Million Times in First Three Weeks<http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/press-release/release_2005_42.html>Are they all wrong?
> >
> > Paypal integration is ready for support paying customers and 3 more
> > payment modules will be released in December.
> >
> > You can run AstBill on Fedora Core 3. We have many customers already
> > doing that.
> > --
> > Are Casilla
> > http://astartelecom.com - Independent VOIP Telecoms Broker. Asterisk
> > Consultants
> > http://astbill.com - Open Source Billing, Routing and Management
> > software for Asterisk and VOIP
> > AstBill DEMO: http://demo.astbill.com
> >
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