On 10/06/2008 08:56, "David Caldwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If I go down the DIY Asterisk route, then my users would be given some SIP
> software on their PC (not Skype!). An advantage to building an Asterisk (or
> probably Astlinux) server would be that it would prove (or otherwise) the
> viability of running an Asterisk-like service in our network. This may ease
> any future migration worries from those above (and from me!) But are there any
> other advantages -- ie, if we needed a SIP gateway provider, would it work out
> cheaper than Skype on such a small scale?; would it consume less bandwidth
> than Skype (this is my main concern)?
The bandwidth should be similar, in fact Skype may use more as it is a P2P
system that will route calls for other users that are nothing to do with you
if it discovers you have the bandwidth available.
One advantage of having your own Asterisk system is scalability, you can
start small with users using soft phones to connect to a single Astersik
server but later you can switch to real VoIP phones to replace the meridian
system and you can add other asterisk servers on the network to reduce
bandwidth requirements over international links. We replaced our Meridian
system with Astersik and Cisco IP phones.
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