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

[John Schmerold]

*'s paging solution is a bad solution in light of today's phone systems. 
  If you need it anywhere but in a barnyard, you should plan on 
selecting a different phone system.  It might work in a Sams, but 
certainly not in an office.

I like * & as soon as I find time to get it setup, I intend to use it in 
our offices, but we don't use paging, I don't like paging.  There are 
offices that use paging all day long to announce calls "Joe pickup on 
line 2"

To answer your question, as I understand *'s paging implementation, you 
assign an extension to be the "page extension", calls placed to this 
extension are routed to Asterisk's sound card which can then be wired 
into an amplifier & speakers where you want them.  As stated in 
paragraph 1, this is fine for a barnyard or a Sam's (think barn with 
stuff for sale).  It doesn't work in an office without putting speakers 
in every nook & cranny of the office.

Gene Kochanowsky wrote:

> What is overhead paging and how is it done with asterisk?
> 
> Gene
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Spencer [mailto:markster at digium.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:09 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?
> 
> 
> 
>>It bugs me not having intercom/paging features.  It also bugs me not
>>being able to look at my phones to see who's on/off.
> 
> 
> You can do overhead paging and even stream mp3's using nbsd
> 
> Mark
> 
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