[Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?

[Chris Albertson]

As for cables.  Pull ONLY Cat5 or Cat5e as they can be
used for either Ethernet OR voice.  You can then
use a plug pannel in the phone closet to route a
spicif cable to either a voice or data switch.

Is Asterick ready??

I'd say the software is but ONLY IF

1) You or someone you can depend on knows how to
support it.

2) You have a test system on which to experiment and
test out any changes/updates and that can serve as a
hot backup

The isues you will run into when deploying * are the
same as with any other mission critical system.  You
want to do a LOT of testing and have backup plans for
various kinds of failures.  I'd certainly NOT want to
install * on a one wheek schedule if I was just
starting to look at it now.  You would need to hire
someonr who is already "up to speed" on it

--- Anton Tinchev <atl at unixsol.org> wrote:
> Mike Ciholas wrote:
> 
> > Okay,
> > 
> > I am facing a move in two months to newly
> renovated space.  I 
> > have to decide *this week* between:
> > 
> > A) Pull LAN and phone cables, prepare to move and
> expand our
> > "traditional" PBX (Panasonic KX-TD1232 and
> VPS200).
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > B) Pull only LAN cables, go VoIP, use Asterisk as
> PBX.
> > 

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