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What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet)
O'Reillynet offers an introduction to Asterisk. "Simply put, Asterisk is the most flexible and extensible telephone system in existence. Full source code is available, so if you need a feature you can add it yourself. Although I must say, they've done a very thorough job with the first release. Try asking your current PBX vendor for full source code for their PBXs. Hell, just try asking them for documentation."
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What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 2, 2005 17:41 UTC (Sun) by jwb (subscriber, #15467) [Link] Try getting documentation for Asterisk! It's a bit thin, I'd say. As for my current PBX, it came with approximately three cubic meters of printed documentation. Asterisk has many advantages, but documentation is not one.
What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 2, 2005 18:16 UTC (Sun) by jhs (subscriber, #12429) [Link] Also, regardless of Asterisk's documentation, broadly implying that "your current PBX vendor" does not offer documentation is just FUD. I don't see a difference between that and saying, "Linux does not come with support."
What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 2, 2005 18:46 UTC (Sun) by cventers (subscriber, #31465) [Link] Not disagreeing with anyone, but FYI, voip-info.org has a lot of goodasterisk documentation.
What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 2, 2005 20:50 UTC (Sun) by armijn (guest, #3653) [Link] There are various books about Asterisk on the market you can buy and try. O'Reilly has one and Signate has one.
What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 4, 2005 19:20 UTC (Tue) by theraphim (subscriber, #25955) [Link] It is not fair.
Documentation for any telco equipment, really, measured in cubic meters and kilograms. But:
Coupling this with stupid protocol implementation bugs. Well, vendors prefer to call it "proprietary features" (and claim that this information is CONFIDENTIAL).
No, thanks, I had enough of this crap already. Asterisk is not perfect but at least I can rip off offending code :)
What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 3, 2005 2:00 UTC (Mon) by bferrell (subscriber, #624) [Link] Asterisk IS powerful and complex. The documentation IS around, but scattered. ANd Yes, there IS voip-info.org... When it's up and you know exactly what you're looking for. The individuals you cooked up the concept of the wiki should be shot then drawn and quartered
What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 3, 2005 8:41 UTC (Mon) by NightMonkey (subscriber, #23051) [Link] That's not nice. Sure, there's a lot of half-baked wikis out there, thrown up and left to rot, but, well, have you checked out the rest of the Web lately? A wiki is only as good as the effort you, and others with a similar interest as you, put into it. Hey, if you know more about Asterisk, you should add to it, and help others out of the pinch you were in. That's "community support". :)
What Is Asterisk (O'ReillyNet) Posted Oct 4, 2005 7:09 UTC (Tue) by British (guest, #19768) [Link] So wikipedia is of no use at all is that what you are saying? I really think you need to get out more :)
Cost of Standard PBX? Posted Oct 3, 2005 22:00 UTC (Mon) by doodaddy (guest, #10649) [Link] Do any of you have stats on the cost of a standard PBX? Or know where to find that data? I'm curious how much cheaper an Asterix system is.
Thanks.
Cost of Standard PBX? Posted Oct 4, 2005 1:55 UTC (Tue) by dlang (subscriber, #313) [Link] seven figures for an installation able to handle a few hundred people isn't uncommon.
unfortunantly you need to really define what you are looking for before you can get numbers much more precise then that.
Cost of Standard PBX? Posted Oct 4, 2005 3:55 UTC (Tue) by sledgeaudio (guest, #32843) [Link] We did a cost comparison for a hosted IP telephony solution against a moderate PBX based on Altigen's Altiview. With 15 extensions the solution was quoted at $40,000. Asterisk, AFAIK, for the same set up even with fault tolerant hardware in the server for $15,000 to $20,000 using all brand name gear (Cisco 7960 phones, 3560 switch, and Digium boards).There was a solution featuring with eight extensions and free world dialup configured in software and two (cheap) IP phones that went for about $999 over on Jeff Pulver's website (http://www.pulver.com). They have stopped selling turnkey solutions but the software is still avaiable. For the DIY'er who is in a hurry, Check out http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net/ for an iso. Check out http://www.automated.it/asterisk/ for Asterisk Live! or http://knopsterisk.com/ for "live CD's." I am working up the nerve to abondandon the wireline provider here and sign up with Broadvoice Bring Your own Device http://www.broadvoice.com/rateplans_byod.html service then deploy Asterisk@Home and set up extensions for my wife and kids. Overkill is how I roll.
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