Thanks for Carlos for the response, I have worked with bare asterisk + freepbx before. the mypbx was just an example but my reference to appliances as a whole.
The appliances seem to have lower entry costs. On 12/1/11, Carlos Alvarez <[email protected]> wrote: > At the most basic level, typically an appliance will have a GUI and be > geared towards non-tech installation. Loading bare Asterisk on a server is > very different. Do you want a GUI or bare Asterisk? > > BTW, the MyPBX product is not a Digium product, it's from an oriental > company named Yeastar. My experience in talking to them about their phones > has been so-so. Historically we've had awful experiences with other > Chinese phone vendors and have stopped considering products from Chinese > companies. We did not actually try Yeastar products. > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:39 PM, James Mutuku <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am looking into advising a client on the pro's and cons of using >> Installing asterisk on a server vs appliance(e.g digium mypbx). the >> appliance seems cheaper initially. >> >> From experience, what would be pro and cons for either option? >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> James Mutuku Ndeti >> Agile Systems Limited >> +254722490994 >> www.agile.co.ke >> www.zetu.co.ke >> >> Has your organization implemented a customer relationship management >> (CRM)system? visit http://www.agile.co.ke/crm.php and find out how our >> CRM can help you achieve better customer satisfaction and sales >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > > > -- > Carlos Alvarez > TelEvolve > 602-889-3003 > -- Best Regards, James Mutuku Ndeti Agile Systems Limited +254722490994 www.agile.co.ke www.zetu.co.ke Has your organization implemented a customer relationship management (CRM)system? visit http://www.agile.co.ke/crm.php and find out how our CRM can help you achieve better customer satisfaction and sales -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
