[asterisk-users] OT Asterisk+HylaFAX+SpanDSP+IAXmodem tutorial.

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Saturday 24 November 2007 09:53:42 Steve Totaro wrote:
> Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> > On Saturday 24 November 2007 00:16:11 Steve Totaro wrote:
> >> Alex Balashov wrote:
> >>> Asterisk 1.4 does have this ability natively.  However, it is somewhat
> >>> limited in its flexibility / in terms of what I can do with it, and
> >>> I have gotten reports that HylaFAX works better.  I haven't actually
> >>> done a comparison between the two.
> >>>
> >>> Being someone who hates 1.2, I was strongly tempted to go this route,
> >>> though.
> >>
> >> Why would anyone hate the most stable version of Asterisk?
> >>
> >> What is ABE using these days?  If it is not 1.4, I wonder why?  Maybe so
> >> all the free developers and eager and silly early adopters can iron out
> >> the bugs, submit patches and sign away their rights.  I am sure if they
> >> are not using 1.4 it probably has something to do with reliability and
> >> the costs of supporting that release.  Any other theories?
> >
> > Yeah, that version C is currently in beta and is very close to release. 
> > ABE has to be put through its paces before release and that takes time. 
> > I'm sorry if that seems like evidence that Digium isn't supporting 1.4,
> > but it simply isn't true.
>
> I am not implying that they do not support 1.4 but you did prove my
> point that 1.2 is more stable and 1.4 has not been "Put through its
> paces".  I would not recommend running a high volume call center on it.
> Sure, if your PBX takes 50 or so calls a day, it's probably wonderful.

How exactly did I "prove" your point?  ABE C is about to be released.  That
says that 1.4 is indeed stable.

> If you have a 15,000 average call volume a day and 400+ agents, hmmmmm,
> I think 1.2 might be a little wiser choice.  Just personal notes from
> the trenches, not from the media machines or talking heads.

I, too, work from the trenches, and I resent your implication.

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Tilghman