[Asterisk-Users] Installation counter

[Paul Crick]

I've seen the question asked a few times already, along the lines of "Who's
really using Asterisk out there, and what for?" or "Would Asterisk be right
for me?" etc.

I've been thinking about it more lately as I may have the opporunity to
consult and/or install a system in the near future. I'm a bit apprehensive,
as installing a system with a T1 PRI and a couple of channel banks to feed
local phones is slightly bigger scale than me playing with my developers kit
with one FXO, one FXS and a bunch of SIP phones :-)

Asterisk is obviously being used in earnest out there, I've read through the
mailing list and seen some of the bug notes - the guy who's running a call
centre through Asterisk and wanted to announce queue position and/or
expected wait time springs to mind as an example of a real world business
using Asterisk on a daily basis, depending on it etc.

I'm wondering about putting something similar to the Linux Counter
(http://counter.li.org/) together that would allow people to register their
real world installations, documenting hardware specs, setup, phones used
etc?

Not only would it give me a little bit more confidence in pushing it forward
as a solution to my friend's problem (who said never do business with
friends you value?!) but as well would stand as a testiment to the success
of Asterisk.

Any thoughts from the list? I've got no firm structure/design in mind, but
have spare cycles right now and would love to knock something together in
PHP.

Cheers
Paul