[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 vs 1.4?

[Russell Bryant]

Steve Totaro wrote:
> I have consulted on so many systems with poor audio, the first thing I
> check is IAX or SIP.  If IAX, I move over to SIP and the calls are
> prefect.
> 
> I avoid IAX at all costs, use OpenVPN, open tons of ports on your
> firewall, whatever you can do to use SIP.  The only time I will use
> IAX is if in some remote backwards part of the world, they have
> several NATs so it is impossible to control.
> 
> Even www.iax.cc recommends using SIP.  Overhead is of little concern
> with MPLS and big pipes.

I would be interested to hear if you have had any of these problems with 
the latest 1.4 versions of Asterisk.  A _lot_ of work has gone into IAX2 
support in Asterisk 1.4, and specifically, the most recent 25% of the 
1.4 series or so.

-- 
Russell Bryant
Senior Software Engineer
Open Source Team Lead
Digium, Inc.