500 extensions? You may wan to look for something comercial. We use Shoretel, which is not cheap, but competitive with the big boys.. Pros: Easy to manage, full featured, and well supported. Cons: Vendor locking (Shoretel hardwar only works with Shortel), Windows centric (no Mac/Linux clients for their call manager, yet.)
Other free/low cost solutions to check out: TrixBox (By Asterisk), 3CX, Taridium, Askozia. Good luck! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Juma, Lumumba [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:07:20 -0700 Subject: RE: Alternative VoIP Solutions > > Thanks all. > > We have the main site and a principal site like 500Kms away. We'd prefer to > go a for a centrally managed system for the two sites totallying 500 > extensions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Alternative VoIP Solutions > > 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 > > > ~ 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
