True! :-) I believe District 87 has been doing some stuff with them. I liked that they were very careful to avoid proprietary components as much as possible and allowed their customers to be as self-sufficient as they were comfortable with.
-TS Thomas C. Steele Technology Director Manteno CUSD #5 -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Abe Loveless Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:09 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] VOIP systems...What have you got? I wish I could have gone to that session. Their website leaves a lot to be desired... On 9/21/2010 1:57 PM, Steele, Thomas C wrote: > We are all Cisco, but would probably do things quite differently if we were > to do it again. It might be worth looking at Mousty ITS. I went to a > session they did at TechFeast and was impressed with their way of doing > things. They are an integrator with Asterisk-based solutions. Here is the > contact for the gentleman that did the presentation: > > Gary Stevens > Mousty - ITS > g...@mousty.com > Phone: (309)637-0635 > Fax: (309)692-6373 > > Thomas C. Steele > Technology Director > Manteno CUSD #5 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Brian Tobin > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:39 PM > To: tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org > Subject: [tech-geeks] VOIP systems...What have you got? > > FYI, > I'm about to get in a fight with Cisco over our phone system > (upgrades/additional phones/licenses). Currently we have about 350 phones > and will add another 200 with our new HS. Plus I'll still have 5 other > schools that need phones. > With that in mind anyone on the list running a Trixbox or Asterisk's system? > If so for how many buildings? > How many phones? > How's QOS? > Do they work with Cisco brand phones? > I've got a hundred more questions, but can't think of them right now. > > Thanks in advance, > > Brian Tobin > DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 > 901 s 4th st > DeKalb, IL 60115 > brian.to...@dist428.org > ilfastpi...@gmail.com > W815.754.2284 > M302.468.6246 > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |