We have Cisco CME at each of our satellite sites and a combo of a traditional PBX and Asterisk in the Head Office.
Cisco is very expensive and far from perfect. Asterisk is very flexible and cheap. The commercial products make it easier for mass phone deployment (just plug in the phone and it updates and configures itself). Asterisk can do this but it is a bit trickier depending on what type of handsets you use. -----Original Message----- From: Juma, Lumumba [mailto:lcj...@icipe.org] Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 9:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Alternative VoIP Solutions Hi All, We are exploring the market for VoIP solutions. However, known market products like CISCO, Siemens, Alcatel are proving rather expensive for us as a non-profit. Open source seems the way to go for us. Has any of you deployed an open source VoIP solution? Support is a crucial factor for us, we are based in Kenya East Africa. I will appreciate reference companies. Thanks, Lumumba. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
