[Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?

[Low, Adam]

Throwing my 4 cents in as well...

In my opinion the greatest advantage of VoIP based systems is that they are so flexible and extendable. I could never dream of writing a script that would enable me to have my voicemail messages notified to me over SMS (as well as having that message emailed to me) and that's just one small example of the potential of these VoIP open source systems.

The lack of support for handsfree intercom/paging (if there truly is a lack of support) is not due to any limitations of the technology (unlike most PBX's) its typically because nobody has decided to spend time on developing or supporting it yet ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Kochanowsky [mailto:gene at solutionsciences.com] 
> Sent: 21 August 2003 15:54
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?
> 
> 
> Your post implies that the non-voip implementations of 
> asterisk support intercom/paging. If this is so how do you 
> get it to work?
> 
> Gene
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James H. Thompson [mailto:jht at lj.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:37 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?
> 
> 
> One thing that PBX systems do well that VOIP systems mostly 
> don't do at all well is support
> handsfree intercom/paging  functions.   Some phone systems 
> will even let you page to an in-use
> extentsion.  So if you depend on these kinds of functions, it 
> may be hard to replace them with
> current VOIP systems.
> 
> Jim
> 
> James H. Thompson
> jht at lava.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Ciholas" <mikec at ciholas.com>
> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:42 AM
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?
> 
> 
> >
> > Okay,
> >
> > I am facing a move in two months to newly renovated space.  I
> > have to decide *this week* between:
> >
> > A) Pull LAN and phone cables, prepare to move and expand our
> > "traditional" PBX (Panasonic KX-TD1232 and VPS200).
> >
> > or
> >
> > B) Pull only LAN cables, go VoIP, use Asterisk as PBX.
> >
> > It is *not* an option to purchase a VoIP system package from
> > Cisco, 3com, etc.  Installers are getting an enormous premium for
> > this now (rough estimate, 20 extensions $40K (!)).
> >
> > I am "this close" to committing to a solution based on Asterisk
> > PBX, PoE LAN switches, and VoIP phones.  I am absolutely sure it
> > is the right *long term* solution, but I don't know if it is
> > "ready" for reliable daily usage.
> >
> > I've literally read the last year's worth of posts to
> > asterisk-users to get a "feel" for the situation.  Since you
> > don't see posts of the form "installed it, just working, no
> > problems" very often, you could get the opinion that everyone has
> > problems since that is what the mailing list is for.
> >
> > So, I would like to hear from those out there that have a system
> > as I've described above and tell me if I'm insane to commit this
> > direction or whether it makes sense.
> >
> > For those of you who have done it, how much time did it take you
> > to get the system running smoothly?
> >
> > PS: In case it matters, we're extremely Linux capable (we use it
> > for our file serving, networking, and we built our own custom ERP
> > on perl and mySQL, we also do embedded Linux in custom military
> > robot controllers).
> >
> > --
> > Mike Ciholas                            (812) 476-2721 voice
> > CIHOLAS Enterprises                     (812) 476-2881 fax
> > 2626 Kotter Ave, Unit D                 mikec at ciholas.com
> > Evansville, IN 47715                    http://www.ciholas.com
> >
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