<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:18 PM, John F. Ervin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jervin@jervin.com">jervin@jervin.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Never having actually rolled an Asterisk (Trixbox in my case) system into production. I was wondering if in most peoples opinion if given the choice would rather have a straight VOIP/SIP system or would rather have a system with normal POTS/analog types lines and something like a digium card? As far as reliability etc. Thoughts?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>POTS is generally going to be more "reliable" but you may have to wrestle with echo and gain settings to get it working acceptably.<br><br>SIP has really grown on me, obviously the provider, your bandwidth and management will have a huge impact on quality. <br>
</div></div><br>If you are going to attempt to receive faxes then you want POTS, although I am not so sure about the status of t38 as of late. I have seen various threads about it being supported now.<br><br>If a customer insists on a real fax then I recommend a separate POTS line, not attached to Asterisk at all. No headaches...<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Thanks,<br>Steve Totaro <br>+12409381212 (Cell)<br>+12024369784 (Skype)<br>