Bayonne solves a different problem. Asterisk is switching with a little IVR. Bayonne is IVR with a little switching. Building a complex IVR with Asterisk wouldn't be much fun. Unless Bayonne has changed a lot recently, it make a weak switching platform, but a pretty good IVR one.I was trying to do a little searching to see if there has even been a comparison between Asterisk and VOCAL or any of the other OSS packages? "Practical Voice Over IP using VOCAL" published by O'Reilly and Associates, attempts to make a strong case about how scalable VOCAL. Of course, considering that the book is written by the makers of VOCAL, it tends to have a one sided slant.
Maybe we should try to put together an unbiased comparison (read that as pro/con). I was talking at a meeting about Asterisk, and someone attempted to start flaming Asterisk, and swearing by VOCAL, while another was babbling about the wonders of Bayonne. The only thing that was successful in that meeting about VOIP solutions was tabling that discussion until a future (as in way, way in the future) date.
I know less about Vocal, as it is a less friendly platform to get get started with. So far I haven't been very inclined to climb the learning curve and get started with it. However, if I am not mistaken, it is a pure VoIP platform. I haven't seen anything that provides direct interworking with the PSTN (unless you call a 5300 a PSTN interface for Vocal :-) )
Regards, Steve
Regards, Steve
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