Your post implies that the non-voip implementations of asterisk support intercom/paging. If this is so how do you get it to work?
Gene -----Original Message----- From: James H. Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use? One thing that PBX systems do well that VOIP systems mostly don't do at all well is support handsfree intercom/paging functions. Some phone systems will even let you page to an in-use extentsion. So if you depend on these kinds of functions, it may be hard to replace them with current VOIP systems. Jim James H. Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Ciholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:42 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use? > > Okay, > > I am facing a move in two months to newly renovated space. I > have to decide *this week* between: > > A) Pull LAN and phone cables, prepare to move and expand our > "traditional" PBX (Panasonic KX-TD1232 and VPS200). > > or > > B) Pull only LAN cables, go VoIP, use Asterisk as PBX. > > It is *not* an option to purchase a VoIP system package from > Cisco, 3com, etc. Installers are getting an enormous premium for > this now (rough estimate, 20 extensions $40K (!)). > > I am "this close" to committing to a solution based on Asterisk > PBX, PoE LAN switches, and VoIP phones. I am absolutely sure it > is the right *long term* solution, but I don't know if it is > "ready" for reliable daily usage. > > I've literally read the last year's worth of posts to > asterisk-users to get a "feel" for the situation. Since you > don't see posts of the form "installed it, just working, no > problems" very often, you could get the opinion that everyone has > problems since that is what the mailing list is for. > > So, I would like to hear from those out there that have a system > as I've described above and tell me if I'm insane to commit this > direction or whether it makes sense. > > For those of you who have done it, how much time did it take you > to get the system running smoothly? > > PS: In case it matters, we're extremely Linux capable (we use it > for our file serving, networking, and we built our own custom ERP > on perl and mySQL, we also do embedded Linux in custom military > robot controllers). > > -- > Mike Ciholas (812) 476-2721 voice > CIHOLAS Enterprises (812) 476-2881 fax > 2626 Kotter Ave, Unit D [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Evansville, IN 47715 http://www.ciholas.com > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
