I think you hit the nail on the head there, a lot of the problems are pure ignorance, but can we really be blamed, as there is little to no documentation and what tidbits you can find make huge assumptions of their own. I think as a group we have such a wealth of experience, form the smallest annoyance to major obstacles overcome and some real characters in our midst, it would make for an interesting meeting, Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Kohlsmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 4:30 PM Subject: [>>> SPAM <<<] - Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk Horror Stories - Email found in subject
On Monday 29 May 2006 16:10, Mark Palser wrote: > Not wanting to put Asterisk in a bad light, but this technology is still > so > new and raw, I think we all have some stories where things didn't quite go > as planned. I really think it would benefit us all if one meeting could be > put aside to share some of these "experiences", we could then discuss what > went wrong and possible solutions, Mark. I am willing to bet that almost all of them will be rooted in poor assumptions or basic lack of knowledge about this new technology, including: 1) business lines from a VOIP provider that didn't work a) because we assumed that the internet was able to provide QoS b) because we assumed that the provider'd never go tits-up 2) runaway costs a) because we didn't understand the nature of computer telephony b) because we learned the hard way about echo cancellation c) because legacy vendors have DECADES of experience in customer lock-in 3) lack of features a) because we assumed Asterisk had feature 'x' b) because feature 'x' seems simple in theory I have personally been bitten by #2 and #3. Anyone else? :-) -A. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
