[asterisk-users] What would cause a drop between two asterisk systems?

[John Novack]

Carlos Alvarez wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Hose <hose+asterisk at bluemaggottowel.com <mailto:hose+asterisk at bluemaggottowel.com>> wrote:
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>     We have an asterisk frontend terminating all our SIP phones to, and an
>     asterisk backend with a wildcard PRI card in it connecting to the PTSN.
>     The frontend handles 99% of dialplan logic and just hands off anything
>     outgoing to the backend via IAX2, which dials out on one of the open
>     channels.
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> IAX is buggy.  We've never seen a reliable system using it.  We've given up on it.
I have seen this assertion from time to time, but never any real details

There is a world wide network of users who communicate using IAX, and many with PSTN service from providers using IAX. with no complaints
Can someone please provide meaningful details on what "buggy" really means? Rather than such a sweeping condemnation. If it is so buggy, why isn't it either fixed or discontinued?

It certainly is much less prone to hacking and abuse than SIP. Probably not due to the protocol design as much as it isn't as universal

John Novack


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