Comments on: Asterisk’s Popularity Continues to Grow

By: Zach Garcia

Zach Garcia — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:57:53 +0000

I think it’s worth noting that it’s more than just companies who have been hit by the recession that are choosing Asterisk… Companies with money to spend are choosing Asterisk solutions over the Nortels and Avayas of the world for its cost effectiveness and feature set.

By: Vertu Copy

Vertu Copy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:14:19 +0000

Freeswitch is support G. 722.1

By: Garrett Smith

Garrett Smith — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:14:07 +0000

@ Brian and Michael:

I certainly agree that FreeSWITCH is an emerging player in this space, although I think to truly take the next step, the folks behind the project need to:

1. A slick web GUI (co-brand the phone booth one)

2. An appliance or at least work with someone (like Rhino Equipment) to have a “box” to promote

3. Build a toolkit and corresponding ecosystem around the software that gives service providers, enterprises and the community the ability to easily construct solutions. Instructions a plus.

Again, I think it has a lot of upside and hear great things about it, but if it wants to usurp Asterisk, it will take more then just building a better platform.

By: Michael S Collins

Michael S Collins — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:59:37 +0000

Asterisk has done something else for the open source community: it has started the “telephony revolution” mentioned by the authors of the “Starfish” book, aka TFOT. This revolution can be seen in other telephony and telephony-related projects. How many of these projects have become mainstream thanks to the spearhead of Asterisk? Pretty much all of them.

I highly recommend Asterisk users look at the ecosystem that Asterisk has helped create. A ridiculously cool project that is part of the revolution is FreeSWITCH. Check it out! You’ll be glad you did and you will gain a new appreciation for the seeds sown by the Asterisk phenomenon.

By: Brian West

Brian West — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:52:32 +0000

As does FreeSWITCH. Check it out. FreeSWITCH can now support G.722.1 and G722.1C out of the box and works with the Polycom IP 6000. FreeSWITCH also supports CELT at 48kHz… so you can do CD Quality VoIP.