[asterisk-biz] Open letter to digium, asterisk developers and consultants

[Thomas Kenyon]

On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:20 -0400, Jason Garland wrote:
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> I usually try to avoid SIP providers using Asterisk for the same
> reasons. A good indication they are using Asterisk is if they offer
> IAX service. I usually take a look at a few SIP packets to check the
> User-Agent or Server headers before I decide they are Asterisk free.
> Another good indication of a good SIP provider is if they have
> published DNS SRV records, even better if they offer DNS NAPTR records
> too. SIP TCP and SIP TLS support are also bonuses. :)

This isn't fair, I only know of 2 operators in the UK who provide IAX 
forwarding, and neither of them use asterisk for the SIP part of their 
business, moreover Asterisk is used to bridge IAX users to the SIP 
platform (Which is Cisco).