asterisk users - Sep 2003 - how many production systems are there?

On Saturday 20 September 2003 14:29, Steve Totaro wrote:
> i am just curious how many * systems are in the real world with more than
> one user.  do you run a certain version?  you dont update CVS do you?  any
> admins running a system of over twenty?  over fifty?  over one-hundred?
You might want to look at VoicePulse.  They are running thousands of users and 
their system is Asterisk based.
>
> i deal with 3com and nec systems all day (i am cerified in the 3com nbx
> advanced network telephony, elite voice mail,  CCNA, A+, nec ipk, and soon
> to be "asterisk school of Northern Virginia (once its a mainstay and
> reliable).  they are five nines but totally proprietary and extremely
> expensive.  i think the nec runs dos and i know the 3com nbx run vxworks.
>
> the way i see it, i am sitting on a goldmine.  i wish i could code but i
> would certainly pay the asterisk/digium squad to be my exclusive
> distributor.  i will even pay to come visit your operations and host you at
> mine.  no kidding....  at least let me come meet you guys and your
> operation.
>
> there is a company that sells and supports NEC systems.  the name is telco,
> they even have a voice mail that fits the NEC (in skin and out)  they
> completely support the product.  i would like to position my company at
> this point.
>
> obviously you have cornered the open source market.  time to take it
> further.
>
> total customer support,,, sure, in less than fifteen minutes in a real CDR
> and IVR,  "my system is down" takes the ssh cake.  otherwise i
will respond
> but give me twenty four to ninety-six hours to fix your problem.
>
>
>
> besides playing with this thing, has anyone deployed it?  what were your
> results, or ongoing results?

Steve Totaro wrote:
> i am just curious how many * systems are in the real world with more 
> than one user.  do you run a certain version?  you dont update CVS do 
> you?  any admins running a system of over twenty?  over fifty?  over 
> one-hundred?
>  
I have an interconnected set of asterisk servers which is beginning to 
implement a fairly interesting mesh of free local calling across dozens 
of exchanges as a value-added service on my wireless WAN.  I have a 
dozen or so stations right now talking to a dozen or so "virtual
trunks"
to different sources of "office" services.
>  
> obviously you have cornered the open source market.  time to take it 
> further. 
>  
Sort of impossible to "corner" the OS market, by definition.  That is 
another thing that is truly great about the product, beyond its 
technical capabilities.
>  
> besides playing with this thing, has anyone deployed it?  what were your 
> results, or ongoing results?
Lots of people are deploying it, in more situations that I think you 
might imagine.

Oddly perhaps, many are deploying for no gain (or only modest gain) 
because it is so very exciting.  We are living in the land of (in my 
opinion) the biggest technological paradigm shift of the near future. 
IMO it's going to be a verrry exciting ride.

B.

i am just curious how many * systems are in the real world with more than one
user.  do you run a certain version?  you dont update CVS do you?  any admins
running a system of over twenty?  over fifty?  over one-hundred?

i deal with 3com and nec systems all day (i am cerified in the 3com nbx advanced
network telephony, elite voice mail,  CCNA, A+, nec ipk, and soon to be
"asterisk school of Northern Virginia (once its a mainstay and reliable). 
they are five nines but totally proprietary and extremely expensive.  i think
the nec runs dos and i know the 3com nbx run vxworks.

the way i see it, i am sitting on a goldmine.  i wish i could code but i would
certainly pay the asterisk/digium squad to be my exclusive distributor.  i will
even pay to come visit your operations and host you at mine.  no kidding....  at
least let me come meet you guys and your operation.

there is a company that sells and supports NEC systems.  the name is telco, they
even have a voice mail that fits the NEC (in skin and out)  they completely
support the product.  i would like to position my company at this point.

obviously you have cornered the open source market.  time to take it further.  

total customer support,,, sure, in less than fifteen minutes in a real CDR and
IVR,  "my system is down" takes the ssh cake.  otherwise i will
respond but give me twenty four to ninety-six hours to fix your problem.



besides playing with this thing, has anyone deployed it?  what were your
results, or ongoing results?
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> On Saturday 20 September 2003 14:29, Steve Totaro wrote:
> ...i think the nec runs dos...
NEC PBX' run a derivative of BSD.

     -d

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Steve Totaro" <stotaro@seepu.com>
Reply-To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Date:  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 12:29:54 -0700
>i am just curious how many * systems are in the real world with more than
one user.  do you run a certain version?  you dont update CVS do you?  any
admins running a system of over twenty?  over fifty?  over one-hundred?
I am an admin of a real world Asterisk system.  About 96 anlog devices as in
dial up modem lines, Faxes and just plain phone extensions.  We are now starting
to bridge our off site offices with this system.  It's very good but hard to
configure at the beginning.  It it had better documentation this would be a
system far ahead of the Nortel's out there. But since it does not it's
hard to configure and maintain!  But once you learn the system it starts to get
easier.
>
>i deal with 3com and nec systems all day (i am cerified in the 3com nbx
advanced network telephony, elite voice mail,  CCNA, A+, nec ipk, and soon to be
"asterisk school of Northern Virginia (once its a mainstay and reliable). 
they are five nines but totally proprietary and extremely expensive.  i think
the nec runs dos and i know the 3com nbx run vxworks.
>
>the way i see it, i am sitting on a goldmine.  i wish i could code but i
would certainly pay the asterisk/digium squad to be my exclusive distributor.  i
will even pay to come visit your operations and host you at mine.  no
kidding....  at least let me come meet you guys and your operation.
>
>there is a company that sells and supports NEC systems.  the name is telco,
they even have a voice mail that fits the NEC (in skin and out)  they completely
support the product.  i would like to position my company at this point.
>
>obviously you have cornered the open source market.  time to take it
further.
>
>total customer support,,, sure, in less than fifteen minutes in a real CDR
and IVR,  "my system is down" takes the ssh cake.  otherwise i will
respond but give me twenty four to ninety-six hours to fix your problem.
>
>
>
>besides playing with this thing, has anyone deployed it?  what were your
results, or ongoing results?
>