[Asterisk-Users] Re: * point to point t1 solution? / alternatives

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

Bill Michaelson a écrit :

> I can appreciate the desire to avoid reconfiguring existing hardware, 
> but that is part and parcel of what we are discussing: reconfiguring 
> hardware.  Without further specification, it has no bearing on how to 
> preserve application behavior, which is what we are trying to 
> accomplish with this discussion.
>
> I don't wish to second-guess your analysis of the business 
> requirements - you are the authority - but your initial post expressed 
> a desire to move toward an Asterisk configuration as one of your 
> goals.  Toward that end, development of an appropriate dialing plan 
> ultimately must happen, and I would think if done properly, would not 
> change dialing patterns or extension numbering unless this is what you 
> desired.

Exactly what I was thinking. If Asterisk is to replace the nortel 
hardware some day, it does need to be doing some signaling. Plus, on a 
stable 10ms link, faxes should be really no big deal (providing you use 
ulaw / alaw)...

> I must agree that fax and modem performance is problematic, but here 
> again, this would be an issue anyway when you transition completely to 
> Asterisk, as you implied about your long-term plan.  So perhaps now is 
> the time to address this matter.

In a way it sucks that Asterisk doesn't support "modem over ip" type 
data, but on the other hand:

Doing a analog (piece of paper) -> digital (scanning process) -> analog 
(modulation over TDM) -> digital (conversion to TDMoIP) -> analog 
(demodulating on the other fax) -> digital (reconstructing the image in 
fax memory) -> analog (printing) conversion doesn't make any kind of 
sense...

It might be great for legacy systems, but it's so not the right way of 
doing it.

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.

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