I've been considering replacing a PRI with SIP or IAX trunks. The
monthly cost difference is marginal, but it would save a bit on the
hardware side and soft trunks would be easier to manage. I can't help
but wonder what I would be giving up? I'd like to hear some lessons
learned from those
Without knowing more, Why fix what isn't broken?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Canfield
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 1:50 PM
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Subject: [asterisk-users] Replace full PRI
Jim Canfield wrote:
I've been considering replacing a PRI with SIP or IAX trunks. The
monthly cost difference is marginal, but it would save a bit on the
hardware side and soft trunks would be easier to manage. I can't help
but wonder what I would be giving up? I'd like to hear some
Jim Canfield wrote:
I've been considering replacing a PRI with SIP or IAX trunks. The
monthly cost difference is marginal, but it would save a bit on the
hardware side and soft trunks would be easier to manage. I can't help
but wonder what I would be giving up? I'd like to hear some
Jeremy Mann wrote:
Without knowing more, Why fix what isn't broken?
I should have stated, the PRI is on an existing PBX not asterisk. My
goal was to reuse the existing PBX PRI card to interface with asterisk.
I've been considering replacing a PRI with SIP or IAX trunks. The monthly
cost
even consider switching a PRI to SIP.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jim Canfield
Sent: Fri 10/5/2007 2:49 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-users] Replace full PRI with SIP/IAX trunks...YES/NO?
I've been
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Stephen Bosch wrote:
Here's what you'd be giving up: reliability.
It's basically an economic decision. If you're running voice over the
public Internet, you get what you pay for, plain and simple.
As others have suggested, dedicated IP over end-to-end loops to your
Steve Totaro wrote:
If your provider will be providing the SIP trunks then it might be OK.
Otherwise I would stick with PRI.
My lessons learned are that you cannot control the public internet and
traffic shaping and QoS are not useful most of the time. I would only
consider a point to
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replace full PRI with SIP/IAX trunks...YES/NO?
Jeremy Mann wrote:
Without knowing more, Why fix what isn't broken?
I should have stated, the PRI is on an existing PBX not asterisk. My
goal was to reuse the existing
