[Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk the right tool?

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

Paul Klipp a écrit :

>I want to create a VoIP solution to allow many members of a closed community
>to talk to each other (one on one) via soft phones. In many ways, what I
>want is not unlike Skype, except that it would allow for relative anonymity
>and be open only to a select group. The system should support as many as 500
>simultaneous users located on different continents. 
>
>Is Asterisk an appropriate tool to use in such a scenario, assuming that
>hardware and bandwidth issues could be surmounted?
>  
>
Asterisk would be fine - although if you don't want IVR / voicemail / 
etc features, you might also want to consider SER.

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.