[TriLUG] Suggested Asterisk voip setup

[jonc at nc.rr.com]

Mark's advice (as always) is sage.

There is a nice exception though. TimeWarner is now selling SIP trunking for business use. For our remote Soho clients attached via Cable, we have started using these for our VoIP Fax lines and it is working well (so far!). And if it works well for faxing, it's got to be very good for voice.

Of course the service is new, but so far it seems solid. I would only use if if you were directly on-net with TimeWarner Cable.

Jon Carnes
FeatureTel

---- Mark Turner <jmarkturner at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Heath Roberts wrote:
> 
> > Why would you want additional landlines with VoIP? I can see keeping the two
> > you have, but not adding more.
> 
> While VoIP works great on the LAN, there is NO WAY I would run a 
> business using strictly VoIP-on-the-Internet.
> 
> If you've got your own T1 straight to your provider (a la FeatureTel) 
> you can make it work but if your voice packets hit the Internet you WILL 
> regret it.
> 
> Stick with land lines for business use. Been there, done that, have the 
> scars to prove it.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Mark Turner
> www.markturner.net
> Semi-retired Asterisk guru
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