[Asterisk-Users] SIP vs SCCP vs XML

[Jamie Carl]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:40:59 -0500
  Adam Roach <adam at dynamicsoft.com> wrote:
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>I'll start by mentioning that the newer Cisco SIP dumps
>let you hit "#" instead of "Dial" when you're done 
>dialing,
>which I find to be much more intuitive than the "Dial"
>softbutton.
>

Way to go cisco.  Will they be making this an industry 
standard next?

>Even if Asterisk does the overlap stuff defined in RFC 
>3578,
>I seriously doubt you'll see the Cisco phones (or any 
>hardware
>phones, for that matter) doing it. The overlap stuff is 
>really
>designed for gateways from the PSTN, not end terminals.
>

SNOM phones have supported it for ages.


>As a side note, I'll point out that the Pingtel phones 
>let
>you provision client-side digitmaps. Based on 
>asterisk-like
>pattern matching, you get to say how long a digit string
>should be matched, and the phone will automatically dial
>when it matches (no need to hit send!). You can even make
>different patterns go different places, like:
>
>972xxxxxxx : sip:{digits}@localprovider.net
>214xxxxxxx : sip:{digits}@localprovider.net
>489xxxxxxx : sip:{digits}@localprovider.net
>1xxxxxxxxxx : sip:{digits}@longdistanceprovder.net
>
>(To clarify: Dallas has three local area codes and 10 
>digit
>local dialing)
>

Still think overlap dialing is the go.  I wouldn't want to 
be responsible for administering 3000 phones with 
client-side digit maps, would you?

Regards,

Jamie Carl
Jazz Inc.
Email:  me at jazz-inc.net
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