Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
Douglas Garstang a écrit :
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Actually, I've found Asterisk to be a great experience. Not so much
because of the product itself (which is already great), but because of
the level of accessibility and the community around it.
Asterisk drastically lowers barriers of entry in the field of
commercial telephony systems. Besides, the wiki, the mailing list and
the IRC channels make it relatively easy to get started with the
system. This "no-pointy-clicky no-brainer interface" actually allows
you to gain more in-depth knowledge about telephony and VoIP.
More accurately VOIP telephony
Asterisk seems to have begun its design life without a clear
understanding of some basic telephony, basic design of existing Key,
Hybrid and large PBX features and concepts that have evolved over the
years, as well as what many users REALLY want and need. items such as
square key operation, blind vs attended transfer, LIFO vs FIFO message
retrieval, interface with analog copper lines,, DID trunks , and more.
Now I guess if you go for some Cisco VoIP training you will also gain
that knowledge, but it will be a lot more product centric (so you're
stuck with Cisco) and it will probably cost more...
The same can be said for Asterisk, of course.
VOIP is still a baby. Low cost and open source is no substitute for
quality and reliability. Until both improve, it will remain a small
portion of the market.
John Novack
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