On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Wiley Siler wrote: > Telecom is complex but that does not mean that only a contractor can get > it done. If I had money to pay a contractor, I would probably have had > money to buy a boxed PBX in the first place. Cost effective has always > been the greatest selling point to me regarding my * PBX. Just enjoying > the challenge and learning new things has been good too. I have no > question that I am capable of implementing this. How long it will take > and how hard are of course different questions. That I have only myself > as a resource is not.
The advantage of Asterisk is more of being extremely flexible than cheap. Most of the time for a very simple, bog standard pbx a boxed pbx is cheaper. Once you move into anything more complex Asterisk starts to make a ton of sense. Since you seem interested in telephony it makes sense for you to set up your Asterisk pbx yourself. I don't think it will be cheaper, at least not in the immediate future. It will get you a pbx that is tailored to your needs in the end and that can be a huge plus. Telephony in general and isdn and voip in particular is a lot more complex than it looks at first. Things such as overlap dialing, handling all types of releases etc, various analoge signaling forms etc. Getting a pbx that can pass a call is not hard, but getting it to the point where it does things right all the time requires you to invest a lot of time understanding phone systems. As long as you are aware of it and like it, great! Peter _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
