[asterisk-users] Asterisk connected to the PSTN vs. a commercial solution
Dear all, now I'm using an Asterisk 1.4.13 SIP server with 50 SIP users and it works very well only in an intranet environment (no connections to the PSTN world). But in the near future, we have to plan a telephone system that works in the intranet (voip) and also it must be connected to the PSTN public network with a T1/E1 trunk, with 200 SIP users aproximately. So at first I have to ways to do that: 1- Continue using Asterisk and adding a T1/E1 interface in order to connect to the PSTN 2- Discard Asterisk and buy a commercial solution, because we have the money My questions are: does Asterisk work in the scenario I've described What is the best solution you can recommend to me ??? Thanks in advance, Alejandro ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk connected to the PSTN vs. a commercial solution
Hi Alejandro - Dear all, now I'm using an Asterisk 1.4.13 SIP server with 50 SIP users and it works very well only in an intranet environment (no connections to the PSTN world). But in the near future, we have to plan a telephone system that works in the intranet (voip) and also it must be connected to the PSTN public network with a T1/E1 trunk, with 200 SIP users aproximately. So at first I have to ways to do that: 1- Continue using Asterisk and adding a T1/E1 interface in order to connect to the PSTN This is exactly what asterisk was designed to do. 2- Discard Asterisk and buy a commercial solution, because we have the money My questions are: does Asterisk work in the scenario I've described Yes. I've used it in just the way you describe in a number of production environments with great success. What is the best solution you can recommend to me ??? Get what you WANT. Both Asterisk and commercial solutions will probably work well for you (just be sure to use quality hardware). With asterisk you get great flexibility and expandability. With a commercial solution you get less of that, but you get to blame someone else if the system fails. Talk to management. What do THEY want? As has been discussed here before, nobody ever got fired for buying Cisco, but that doesn't mean Cisco is any better than any other vendor, including Digium/Asterisk. Find out what the needs of your company are and get the system that best fits those needs. - Noah ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk connected to the PSTN vs. a commercial solution
Asterisks greatest strength is that it's a highly flexible platform that let's you pretty much do anything. It's downside, is that it's a highly flexible platform that let's you pretty much do anything. In other words, the quality of what you are trying to do depends on the quality and volume of the development and testing. If you want something that just works and if you want somebody to be willing to answer the phone and fix the problems that _will_ happen, then I recommend looking at the commercial products. Ironically, many of those commercial products use Asterisk. That's okay. The key is that they have vetted and developed it for you. The reason I bring this up, is that asking if Asterisk supports T1/E1 interfaces to do PSTN implies that you might not have done a lot of research. You have a lot left to go if you want to roll-your-own solution. Please forgive me if my impression is wrong about this. John Alejandro Cabrera Obed wrote: Dear all, now I'm using an Asterisk 1.4.13 SIP server with 50 SIP users and it works very well only in an intranet environment (no connections to the PSTN world). But in the near future, we have to plan a telephone system that works in the intranet (voip) and also it must be connected to the PSTN public network with a T1/E1 trunk, with 200 SIP users aproximately. So at first I have to ways to do that: 1- Continue using Asterisk and adding a T1/E1 interface in order to connect to the PSTN 2- Discard Asterisk and buy a commercial solution, because we have the money My questions are: does Asterisk work in the scenario I've described What is the best solution you can recommend to me ??? Thanks in advance, Alejandro ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk connected to the PSTN vs. a commercial solution
Asterisks greatest strength is that it's a highly flexible platform that let's you pretty much do anything. It's downside, is that it's a highly flexible platform that let's you pretty much do anything. In other words, the quality of what you are trying to do depends on the quality and volume of the development and testing. That's one of the best statements about deploying asterisk that I've yet read. 1) Research Research Research 2) Plan Plan Plan 3) Build/Implement 4) Test Test Test Test 5) Deploy If you don't feel like doing steps 1, 2, and 4, then go with a commercial solution where they've already done those things for you. You'll likely sacrifice flexibility, but those things are taken care of (or should be) by the vendor. - Noah ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
