On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Paul Crick wrote:> I've seen the question asked a few times already, along the lines of "Who's > really using Asterisk out there, and what for?" or "Would Asterisk be right > for me?" etc.in recently history there was an attempt by someone (insert short-term-memory-loss-clause here) who did a survey on asterisk users and compiled the results, check the archives i'm sure the community would be very keen to see a small script that's part of * src doing something similar to gentoo-stats what processor, kernel, RAM etc what zaptel boards are configured what voip channels used iax, sip, h.323, skinny etc what services registered to (nufone, iaxtel, vonage blah) etc... of course there may be a better way to do all this... - wasim
I've seen the question asked a few times already, along the lines of "Who's really using Asterisk out there, and what for?" or "Would Asterisk be right for me?" etc. I've been thinking about it more lately as I may have the opporunity to consult and/or install a system in the near future. I'm a bit apprehensive, as installing a system with a T1 PRI and a couple of channel banks to feed local phones is slightly bigger scale than me playing with my developers kit with one FXO, one FXS and a bunch of SIP phones :-) Asterisk is obviously being used in earnest out there, I've read through the mailing list and seen some of the bug notes - the guy who's running a call centre through Asterisk and wanted to announce queue position and/or expected wait time springs to mind as an example of a real world business using Asterisk on a daily basis, depending on it etc. I'm wondering about putting something similar to the Linux Counter (http://counter.li.org/) together that would allow people to register their real world installations, documenting hardware specs, setup, phones used etc? Not only would it give me a little bit more confidence in pushing it forward as a solution to my friend's problem (who said never do business with friends you value?!) but as well would stand as a testiment to the success of Asterisk. Any thoughts from the list? I've got no firm structure/design in mind, but have spare cycles right now and would love to knock something together in PHP. Cheers Paul
>I've seen the question asked a few times already, along the lines of "Who's >really using Asterisk out there, and what for?" or "Would Asterisk be right >for me?" etc. > >I've been thinking about it more lately as I may have the opporunity to >consult and/or install a system in the near future. I'm a bit apprehensive, >as installing a system with a T1 PRI and a couple of channel banks to feed >local phones is slightly bigger scale than me playing with my developers kit >with one FXO, one FXS and a bunch of SIP phones :-) > >Asterisk is obviously being used in earnest out there, I've read through the >mailing list and seen some of the bug notes - the guy who's running a call >centre through Asterisk and wanted to announce queue position and/or >expected wait time springs to mind as an example of a real world business >using Asterisk on a daily basis, depending on it etc. > >I'm wondering about putting something similar to the Linux Counter >(http://counter.li.org/) together that would allow people to register their >real world installations, documenting hardware specs, setup, phones used >etc? > >Not only would it give me a little bit more confidence in pushing it forward >as a solution to my friend's problem (who said never do business with >friends you value?!) but as well would stand as a testiment to the success >of Asterisk. > >Any thoughts from the list? I've got no firm structure/design in mind, but >have spare cycles right now and would love to knock something together in >PHP. > >Cheers >PaulPaul - Sounds like a good idea. I did a brief question survey a few months ago, and promised to put up a summary to the list, but lamed out when I got swamped with work. I think this would be a great idea to do with a dynamic interface of some sort. I often get questions by my clients as to who is doing "real" things with Asterisk, and the ten or fifteen people that might be at the top of those lists would be useful data for myself and others trying to prove Asterisk as a truly functional platform. (The "herd" appeal still drives many, many business decisions. If you don't believe that, then you should put your life savings into selling Microsoft shares short.) JT
On September 27, 2003 10:23 pm, Paul Crick wrote:> I'm wondering about putting something similar to the Linux Counter > (http://counter.li.org/) together that would allow people to register > their real world installations, documenting hardware specs, setup, phones > used etc?Neat idea, you could have people either use SIP or IAX(2) to register. :-) Regards, Andrew