Thanks for all your comments. I didn't think that the situation could be quite so bad, especially with Asterisk. So why would he say that his programming group had to do $35000 worth of custom programming to get a PRI working in Halifax NS? Would that be to overcome a defect in the Televantage switch when someone tried and install in Canada? If so, it seems that the preliminary work is done.
Peter M. > > We just had a Televantage salesman trash Asterisk this morning as > > "something that rears its ugly head every two years or so." Its not to be > > taken seriously. > > What he meant is that he heard of it 2 years ago, and you're the first > person that has mentioned it since then and his company doesn't sell > it. > > > I also understand from said salesman that setting up a T1 can be a real > > headache depending on what province you are in. Apparently there are > > about seven versions of SS7 on the go in North America. > > As far as T1's go there is only one SS7 defined and allowed in all of > Canada, and thats the Telcordia spec. What he meant is that there are > different versions of ISDN. > > Cheers, > Shidan > ******************************************************** Peter MacFarlane, ACP Network Administration & Programming Target Call Center/ Message Centre P.E.I. ***************************************************************** OpenBSD's PF Firewall: Now available with CARP Failover. Nothing to do with fish, but everything to do with security! *****************************************************************
