Re: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-21 Thread CunningPike
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: Hello        I just read this article and would like some feedback from experienced Asterisk users: === Failed open source VoIP deployment leads to hosted VoIP strategy By Jessica Scarpati snip

Re: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-21 Thread Gilles
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:47:08 -0700, CunningPike cunningp...@gmail.com wrote: Not in our experience as a 500-phone, 20-site install for a municipal government. We are just migrating from our first generation install to replacement hardware (to new blades from servers that are now 5 years old) and

[asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-03 Thread Gilles
Hello I just read this article and would like some feedback from experienced Asterisk users: === Failed open source VoIP deployment leads to hosted VoIP strategy By Jessica Scarpati When budgets are crimped, open source voice over IP (VoIP) solutions look attractive -- a

Re: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-03 Thread Gareth Blades
Gilles wrote: Hello I just read this article and would like some feedback from experienced Asterisk users: === Failed open source VoIP deployment leads to hosted VoIP strategy By Jessica Scarpati When budgets are crimped, open source voice over IP (VoIP) solutions

Re: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-03 Thread Peder
] On Behalf Of Gilles Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:17 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical? Hello I just read this article and would like some feedback from experienced Asterisk users: === Failed open source

Re: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-03 Thread John Novack
Do you really expect an unbiased response from this community? Seems to me a similar argument for and against hosting ones own web presence in house with mixed results . Others choose to use a datacenter service, seldom but sometimes with poor results. Placing ones business lifeline in the

Re: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-03 Thread Zeeshan Zakaria
This is a typical scenario with so many companies who fail to recognize that they need to take asterisk deployment seriously. I have seen so many of these companies since 2004, since when I am in this industry. Many of them don't want to spend money on right hardware, bandwidth and or the right

Re: [asterisk-users] Is this failed Asterisk setup typical?

2010-06-03 Thread Richard Kenner
Seems to me a similar argument for and against hosting ones own web presence in house with mixed results . Others choose to use a datacenter service, seldom but sometimes with poor results. I think that's a good analogy. It's very hard to argue that one of those choices is right and the