[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Jobs

[John Novack]

Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:

> Douglas Garstang a écrit :
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> Actually, I've found Asterisk to be a great experience. Not so much 
> because of the product itself (which is already great), but because of 
> the level of accessibility and the community around it.
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> Asterisk drastically lowers barriers of entry in the field of 
> commercial telephony systems. Besides, the wiki, the mailing list and 
> the IRC channels make it relatively easy to get started with the 
> system. This "no-pointy-clicky no-brainer interface" actually allows 
> you to gain more in-depth knowledge about telephony and VoIP.

More accurately VOIP telephony
Asterisk seems to have begun its design life without a clear 
understanding of some basic telephony, basic design of existing Key, 
Hybrid and large PBX features and concepts that have evolved over the 
years, as well as what many users REALLY want and need.  items such as 
square key operation, blind vs attended transfer, LIFO vs FIFO  message 
retrieval, interface with analog copper lines,, DID trunks , and more.

> Now I guess if you go for some Cisco VoIP training you will also gain 
> that knowledge, but it will be a lot more product centric (so you're 
> stuck with Cisco) and it will probably cost more...

The same can be said for Asterisk, of course.

VOIP is still a baby. Low cost and open source is no substitute for 
quality and reliability. Until both improve, it will remain a small 
portion of the market.

John Novack

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