[asterisk-users] Switchvox vs Asterisk codebase

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On 05/29/2010 01:56 AM, Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
> Does anyone know what version of Asterisk Switchvox uses, and if it is
> modified in any way? FWIW, I am dealing with a provider that claims
> compatibility with Switchvox but not Asterisk for their SIP trunking
> service.

Switchvox 4.x is based on the Asterisk Business Edition C.3 codebase,
which itself is Asterisk 1.4 plus a number of backports from later
versions of open source Asterisk. In addition, it contains some
Switchvox-specific changes, but I don't believe there's anything that
would affect SIP compatibility or interoperability in any material way.
However, some providers will only certify 'known' releases of software,
so it's easier for them to do that with something like Switchvox, since
if the customer has Switchvox 4.5 (for example), that's a known
quantity. If the customer has 'Asterisk', or even 'Asterisk 1.4', that
could be one of many different versions, and could potentially have
significant patches applied... which makes it more difficult for the
provider to be comfortable that it will 'just work'.

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