[asterisk-biz] How is Fonality? What are other RELIABLE optionsfor a 100+ phone system

[Brian Franklin]

I was moving in the direction of becoming a Fonality reseller when I
discovered that in order to manage 'your own' Fonality server, you had to
access the Fonality management website.  I maybe incorrect but it was my
impression that you cannot 'directly' configure your own Fonality server
remotely.  Their product looks good, but the 'no direct remote' access
feature turned me off a bit.
For a typical install I have been using AAH 2.8 w/FreePBX 2.1.3 (very
stable).  I have a pending install for a more 'executive' client, for which
I will be installing a Switchvox.

Based on my review of their respective websites:
- Fonality seems better suited for user implementations and/or for a
reseller that does not have VoIP and/or networking expertise
- Switchvox seems better suited for the reseller that has the necessary
expertise to implement a complete VoIP solution.

Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Booth [mailto:tbooth at visioncom.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 6:13 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] How is Fonality? What are other RELIABLE
optionsfor a 100+ phone system

Sichuan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You are right, it will be a executive suite model where tenants 
> receive service from one common phone system. But as you said, you 
> used to deploy 100k to 1 million Cisco Telephony system and my system 
> is very small as compared to yours. I may be looking after two bigger 
> clients next year, but still, they'll be a few thousands only, no way 
> near 100s of thousands. So I think your expertise will not be 
> affordable for me, and I'll go with cheaper Fonality type product.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sichuan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* bob murphy [mailto:springsource at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:49 AM
> *To:* Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-biz] How is Fonality? What are other RELIABLE 
> optionsfor a 100+ phone system
>
> We used to deploy 100k to 1 million Cisco Telephony systems. We have 
> pretty good experience in Enterprise Telephony integration. We are now 
> building systems using Asterisk on a commercial grade platform. You'll 
> need to design a High Availability switched infrastructure. The 
> network becomes WAY more important in larger installations. It sounds 
> like you'll be supporting an executive suite model where the tenants 
> receive office and voice and data under an SLA of some kind? We have 
> done this a few times if you want help putting the pieces together. IP 
> networking expertise is not something you find with some of the 
> offerings out there.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> Arreva Communications
>
> www.arrevausa.com <http://www.arrevausa.com>
>
>
> 949-334-2022-SIP Connect
> 949-842-8450-Wireless
> 949-349-0209-Fax
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Fonality has taken over the Trixbox project. The new releases of Trixbox 
are very solid, we have several system in production that have run flawless.
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