[TriLUG] OT - well, I do want to save the file on Linux

Aaron S. Joyner aaron at joyner.ws
Tue May 3 19:54:52 EDT 2005


Greg Brown wrote:

> ...
> BTW - I think I'll wait for asterisk to get a bit more mature before I 
> install it at the house, or anywhere else.  I've been encountering a 
> lot of dropped audio, popping, static, and call break-ups using 
> Asterisk. ...

Just in the defense of my phone system's honor, what ever problems you 
may be experiencing are not directly Asterisk's fault.  :)  Not only do 
I use Asterisk at home as a PBX with auto-attendant for my phone, 
inter-house communication with friends (over IAX tunnels), and for the 
usual voicemail functionality, I have installed it for more than a few 
local businesses.  Among these is my previous employer, who a little 
googling around should allow you to discern with the greatest of ease.  
Calling their (also readily available) number should clearly demonstrate 
a labyrinth of menus, in the clearest and most wonderful of audio, 
provided entirely digitally (well up until your end of the phone line, 
probably) out a Digium Wildcard T1 interface card.  It's only marginally 
better than the $11 modem which interfaces my PBX to BellSouth, where 
the only problem is occasional echo issues related to the cheap analog 
interface (no direct fault of Asterisk's).

If you're using Asterisk and experiencing this problems still, perhaps 
someone on the list (myself included) can help you to troubleshoot them, 
but please don't wantonly blame the problems on Asterisk.  :)

Aaron S. Joyner



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