Hi Benjamin,
I looked at NuFone.net and some others, but it appears that IAX is not right for my system.
I'd say this is only because you don't know enough about IAX yet ;-)
[Many comments explaining how IAX would work wonderfully if all my VoIP hardware were replaced with IAX-compatible equipment]
No, I don't want to replace existing gear. It would be expensive, disrupt operations, take lots of time to set up, and I don't want the administrative hassle of running multiple Asterisk systems for such a small network.
There are other reasons, too. For example, the Cisco 827-4V is very reliable, because it has no hard drive and no fans. If *your* Asterisk system fails, you can zip over to Akihabara and get what you need, even on Sunday. Rue Montgallet is not the same!
IAX is probably the ideal protocol for an interoffice trunk carrying many calls at once, but for me, it seems better to gradually migrate to a SIP-based system, with a single Asterisk server in Reno, and retaining present hardware.
If NuFone service is reliable, good quality, competitively priced, and they also support the open source community, they'll get my business. But I'll connect via SIP, so existing equipment can be better utilized.
When I'm in a hotel, stuck behind a NAT over which I have no control, sure, I'll use IAX to connect to the server (and tolerate the media proxy delays in that case.)
Have I missed something?
Regards,
Stewart
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