Lumumba, How many phones are you looking at? I did some research when we were looking into VOIP (about 6 months ago). The most common is Asterix, or one of its many variants, including Trixbox. I also came across sipXecs, which looked very interesting. From what I could learn, Asterix (or variant) was good for 50, maybe 75 phones (although some people had it working with 200). I can't say what support is like, but the peer-to-peer groups seemed quite active. The cost of the phones could be expensive, and possible network upgrades.
Of course, there are companies that offer the above with support, which should be a lot cheaper than the companies you mentioned in your email. I haven't dealt with any of them. Hope this helps. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Juma, Lumumba [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 5:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Alternative VoIP Solutions Hi All, We are exploring the market for VoIP solutions. However, known market products like CISCO, Siemens, Alcatel are proving rather expensive for us as a non-profit. Open source seems the way to go for us. Has any of you deployed an open source VoIP solution? Support is a crucial factor for us, we are based in Kenya East Africa. I will appreciate reference companies. Thanks, Lumumba. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
