[Asterisk-biz] Billing software

[Operations Jabeens]

I think a clarificationon of my previous post is in order.

I did not realize that my general comment on non availability of a
commercial or open source billing software for VOIP operations on Asterisk
will lead to finger pointing and unsolicited advise on what I should do.

Guys, this is not about me. I understand business dynamics, open source
philosophy and not looking for a free ride. And not complaining about
Asterisk.

Rather my previous comment should be rightly interpreted if you consider
that I am actually advocating for a commercial VOIP software native to
Asterisks. This will greatly enhance usability of this great piece of
software beyond its initial use as a soft PBX and end love affairs of
techo-myopics that is limiting its broader market penetration and innovative
usages.

Thanks,
Ifte





On 11/23/05, VOIP Paal <kleiva2a at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> We are a small Mini VOIP provider in Europe. We only have 28 customers.
>
> This discussion is very strange. We have "Thameem Ansari" demanding to run
> Billing Software on MySQL 3. I did not even know anybody is  using MySQL 3
> anymore. We are in 2005. What happend to evolution. He know want to build
> it
> in Java him self. Good luck! Maybee he learn how to upgrade his servers
> first.
>
> We have people like "Operations Jabeens" that want it all Open Source and
> FREE. He is clearly not able to do it him self but is complaining that he
> may have to pay a consultant.
>
> Alex don't want to use Asterisk for VOIP or calling card. He it claming
> Asterisk is not up to it. So what is he doing on the Asterisk Biz list. Is
> he a spy?
>
> We used to have our own billing solution. It was working ok but took to
> much
> time to maintain. Now we are using http://astbill.com It is working
> exelent.
> We where able to install it our self but we choose to pay a very minimal
> amount to the developers to ensure we got it right. I also have spoken to
> 4
> other smaal providers using AstBill. It works for them. One of them have
> 12000 calling card customers another one have 6000 VOIP customers.
>
> So if your think Asterisk can't do callining card. You are not up to date!
> Get REAL.
>
> If you can't pay a minimal fee to get a billing system for your business
> running. Get another business.
>
> Mark Spencer and Digium have given us Asterisk as a gift. Many peoole are
> earning money on it Open Source is a fantastic but please understand that
> Open Source is not FREE. If you can't do it your self You pay.
>
>
> PAAL
>
>
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