[asterisk-users] Is Asterisk really good??

[John Signorello]

Asterisk as a PBX is fantastic. It offers the features found in the most
sophisticated traditional

Until now the third party PBX configuration software has not had the 
sophistication of
Asterisk product itself. Check out cogoblue.com It is a visual drag and 
drop configuration tool that
is powerful yest simple to use.

Eugen Soare wrote:
> So this is just a general question, Is Asterisk really good?
>
> Reliability?
>
> Functionality?
>
> Customization's?
>
>
> I am coming from a Nortel world, were you pay for everything, and you 
> can't delve into the software. But it seems that customization would be 
> a great thing.
> Like, setting up a war-dialer to customer lists, incoming/outgoing 
> faxes  (that's possible with Asterisk, right?) and making your own cool 
> voice mail stuff.
>
> But before I delve into it, I thought a question to the community would 
> be in order.
>
> 2 more questions.
>
> 1 - Can you really make free outgoing calls from let's say Portland OR, 
> to Frankfurt Germany?
> 2 - What would it take to set one up?  cards / computer power / pricing 
> on software? What has your experience been?
>
> Thank you for taking time to look at this post!
> Eugen
>
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