Okay, I am facing a move in two months to newly renovated space. I have to decide *this week* between:
A) Pull LAN and phone cables, prepare to move and expand our "traditional" PBX (Panasonic KX-TD1232 and VPS200). or B) Pull only LAN cables, go VoIP, use Asterisk as PBX. It is *not* an option to purchase a VoIP system package from Cisco, 3com, etc. Installers are getting an enormous premium for this now (rough estimate, 20 extensions $40K (!)). I am "this close" to committing to a solution based on Asterisk PBX, PoE LAN switches, and VoIP phones. I am absolutely sure it is the right *long term* solution, but I don't know if it is "ready" for reliable daily usage. I've literally read the last year's worth of posts to asterisk-users to get a "feel" for the situation. Since you don't see posts of the form "installed it, just working, no problems" very often, you could get the opinion that everyone has problems since that is what the mailing list is for. So, I would like to hear from those out there that have a system as I've described above and tell me if I'm insane to commit this direction or whether it makes sense. For those of you who have done it, how much time did it take you to get the system running smoothly? PS: In case it matters, we're extremely Linux capable (we use it for our file serving, networking, and we built our own custom ERP on perl and mySQL, we also do embedded Linux in custom military robot controllers). -- Mike Ciholas (812) 476-2721 voice CIHOLAS Enterprises (812) 476-2881 fax 2626 Kotter Ave, Unit D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Evansville, IN 47715 http://www.ciholas.com _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
