Hello,
I wanted someones honest opinion. I have ran across and read a little on SER and OpenSER have not yet had much time. But would you recommend OpenSER for a service provider who is wanting or thinking about deploying VoIP service for its customers? What other products would you recommend to work along with OpenSER such as billing and accounting interfacing. We have used Asterisk for our internal PBX for about two years and love it.
Or would you recommend staying with a commercial product like Cisco or Sonus? We prefer open source since our base will be small to start and not large enough to justify a Sonus which is the preferred commercial product.
Any advice is definitely appreciated.
Otis.
ListAcct schrieb:
Hello,
I wanted someones honest opinion. I have ran across and read a little on SER and OpenSER have not yet had much time. But would you recommend OpenSER for a service provider who is wanting or thinking about deploying VoIP service for its customers? What other products would you
yes
recommend to work along with OpenSER such as billing and accounting interfacing. We have used Asterisk for our internal PBX for about two years and love it.
again yes. Asterisk can be used as application server and PSTN gateway.
By using Asterisk of course you have to deal with the hardware yourself and be prepared that you have to update Asterisk regularly. Nevertheless Asterisk is really flexible and you can even add some features if needed - this can't be done with commercial products.
If you only need a dumb PSTN gateway I can also recommend Cisco As53x0. You turn it on, configure it and your are done - never had any issues with them - works like a charm and very reliable.
regards klaus
Or would you recommend staying with a commercial product like Cisco or Sonus? We prefer open source since our base will be small to start and not large enough to justify a Sonus which is the preferred commercial product.
Any advice is definitely appreciated.
Otis.
Users mailing list Users@lists.openser.org http://lists.openser.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Klaus,
That's exactly what I had in mind using:
(A) OpenSER Trabas VoIP Billing Cisco AS5300
(B) SER Trabas VoIP Billing Cisco AS5300
Although I am trying to create a small scalable setup for 500-1000 users growing to (5000 max.) What are the basic hardware requirements for something small like this? I was thinking dual or quad core with mysql on different box maybe (albeit I think something this small is ok on the same server maybe)? What is your setup or what do you recommend? I used the voip calculator on agile website do not know how close it is. I found that when I was search for voip billing software but they never answer the phones or voicemails so I ran across trabas open source seems nice and basic.
Otis
Klaus Darilion wrote:
ListAcct schrieb:
Hello,
I wanted someones honest opinion. I have ran across and read a little on SER and OpenSER have not yet had much time. But would you recommend OpenSER for a service provider who is wanting or thinking about deploying VoIP service for its customers? What other products would you
yes
recommend to work along with OpenSER such as billing and accounting interfacing. We have used Asterisk for our internal PBX for about two years and love it.
again yes. Asterisk can be used as application server and PSTN gateway.
By using Asterisk of course you have to deal with the hardware yourself and be prepared that you have to update Asterisk regularly. Nevertheless Asterisk is really flexible and you can even add some features if needed - this can't be done with commercial products.
If you only need a dumb PSTN gateway I can also recommend Cisco As53x0. You turn it on, configure it and your are done - never had any issues with them - works like a charm and very reliable.
regards klaus
Or would you recommend staying with a commercial product like Cisco or Sonus? We prefer open source since our base will be small to start and not large enough to justify a Sonus which is the preferred commercial product.
Any advice is definitely appreciated.
Otis.
Users mailing list Users@lists.openser.org http://lists.openser.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
ListAcct schrieb:
Klaus,
That's exactly what I had in mind using:
(A) OpenSER Trabas VoIP Billing Cisco AS5300
I tried Trabas a long time ago it it did not worked at all. My feeling was that it is a dead project. My CDR-tools would be a better choice (if you manage to install it).
(B) SER Trabas VoIP Billing Cisco AS5300
Although I am trying to create a small scalable setup for 500-1000 users growing to (5000 max.)
I think you can do all on a single server (e.g. dual xeon) + gateway.
regards klaus
What are the basic hardware requirements for something small like this? I was thinking dual or quad core with mysql on different box maybe (albeit I think something this small is ok on the same server maybe)? What is your setup or what do you recommend? I used the voip calculator on agile website do not know how close it is. I found that when I was search for voip billing software but they never answer the phones or voicemails so I ran across trabas open source seems nice and basic.
Otis
Klaus Darilion wrote:
ListAcct schrieb:
Hello,
I wanted someones honest opinion. I have ran across and read a little on SER and OpenSER have not yet had much time. But would you recommend OpenSER for a service provider who is wanting or thinking about deploying VoIP service for its customers? What other products would you
yes
recommend to work along with OpenSER such as billing and accounting interfacing. We have used Asterisk for our internal PBX for about two years and love it.
again yes. Asterisk can be used as application server and PSTN gateway.
By using Asterisk of course you have to deal with the hardware yourself and be prepared that you have to update Asterisk regularly. Nevertheless Asterisk is really flexible and you can even add some features if needed - this can't be done with commercial products.
If you only need a dumb PSTN gateway I can also recommend Cisco As53x0. You turn it on, configure it and your are done - never had any issues with them - works like a charm and very reliable.
regards klaus
Or would you recommend staying with a commercial product like Cisco or Sonus? We prefer open source since our base will be small to start and not large enough to justify a Sonus which is the preferred commercial product.
Any advice is definitely appreciated.
Otis.
Users mailing list Users@lists.openser.org http://lists.openser.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
-
Klaus Darilion -
ListAcct