Colin, Nice summary, what gateway are you using and with what carrier. Thanks, robert
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Colin Anderson > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:53 PM > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] asterisk in real estate developments > > been there done that > > The biggest problems that we have had to deal with is > stability. Stability with respect to system stability and > also stability of the user. System stability is extremely > difficult to deal with when you have poor power, power > outages, guys pressing the buttons next to the blinkenlights > because they are curious (very difficult to control access to > gear in a construction trailer when everything is set up > ad-hoc) and users doing stupid things like moving their phone > from their desk to another guys desk for god-knows-why reason > then not plugging into the cat5 cable. Then the users tend to > say that your phone system is shit, when these types of > problems are largely beyond your control. > > As to user stability, I don't refer to mental stability, I > refer to churn. > Staff churn in the construction industry is brutal and > combined with the relative unsophistication of people in the > construction industry, it's the Training Session That Will Never End. > > My evolution of how to deal with this problem has gone from > broadband to a construction trailer, wifi and wired sip > phones, to masking a user's cell number behind a DID and > cutting airtime with a GSM gateway. Really, it's the best > way, treating cell phones as "extensions". Masking the cell > number behind a DID allows me to get the audio inside of > Asterisk so I can do VoIP-y things with it, the GSM gateway > adds very little incremental cost (a > 4 port GSM gateway adds only, for us, $100 Cdn a month to our > cell costs and saves us $2-3k a month at 25c / min) and > there's not too much of a training issue, since these > blockheads grock their cell phones already. We even have > 4 digit extension dialling from office staff to cells, and > call transfer from the cell. MWI and inbound fax reception > notification is done via SMS (each DID can recieve faxes, and > the fax goes to the user's email, thanks SpanDSP!). Overflow > when the gateway is full goes out our PRI, and we eat the > airtime, but that's a good thing because if the GSM gateway > is full, we are saving money. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Totaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:12 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] asterisk in real estate developments > > > Very true. How about using WiFi and DEC phones? > > Thanks, > Steve > > > > > hey chris, > > > > The only issue you'll run into is that with all temp stuff like > > construction trailers ect they like to cut there lines A > LOT with all > > there nice machines. > > > > Carlos Alcantar > > Race Technologies, Inc. > > 101 Haskins Way > > South San Francisco, CA 94080 > > P: 650.246.8900 > > F: 650.246.8901 > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > > Bagnall > > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 5:08 PM > > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] asterisk in real estate developments > > > > > I was wondering if anyone has used asterisk in a real estate > > > development project. I know someone that is developing a > ~400 home > > > project and thought asterisk might be a possible > alternative to the > > > phone company and a way to offer more service to buyers. > > > > How about deploying asterisk to support the contractor > responsible for > the > > construction of these sites? Instead of developers (who are often > on-site > > for 6 months plus) relying purely on cellphones or asking > the ILEC to > > install a load of phone lines for them, stick an asterisk server in > their > > site office linked to a net connection, shove a load of cordless > phones on > > a > > channel bank at convenient points around the site and > contractors are > > never far from a phone. > > > > This is something we're hopefully doing for a property developer in > the > > new > > year. It'll be interesting to see how well it all works out. > > > > Regards, > > > > Chris > > -- > > C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. 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