That's true, we have an asterisk implementation done by Mousty and ourselves running for over 7 months.
No issues, zero downtime, easy to manage. We love it. Polycom phones, but you can neuter your cisco phones to just be SIP, but I think it takes time and I dont know how much you loose by doing it. The polycom phones are cheap and sound excellent, we had a number of people ask what we did because our phone system sounded "much clearer" than before. We run a physical HP DL360 and a virtual asterisk machine for redundancy, jacked into a PRI, supported by Mousty. At my previous job we had 3 call centers in the US plus office staff all run off of asterisk boxes, never regretted it. Key to anything is support. I'm sure other companies have good support too, I can vouch that we have been very happy with Mousty. -Jason -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Steele, Thomas C Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:17 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] VOIP systems...What have you got? 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 | THIS TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED AND RESTRICTED FOR USE BY THE ABOVE ADDRESSEE ONLY. IT MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PRIVILEGED INFORMATION EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. IN THE EVENT SOME OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY RECEIVES THIS TRANSMISSION, SAID RECIPIENT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR DUPLICATION OF THIS TRANSMISSION OR ITS CONTENTS IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU SHOULD RECEIVE THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, PLEASE CALL US IMMEDIATELY AT 309.827.6031, DELETE THE FILE FROM YOUR SYSTEM, AND DESTROY ANY HARD COPIES OF THIS TRANSMISSION. THANK YOU. Bloomington Public Schools School District87 Bloomington, Illinois | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
