[Freeswitch-users] Should I choose FreeSwitch?

[David Knell]

Hi Lucia,

At the risk of getting duffed up, it sounds to me like Asterisk is the 
better solution
for you.  We've used it for a few years, and - although I cannot 
disagree with your
implied comments about its coding style - it's pretty stable, and you're 
likely to find
it easier to set up than FreeSWITCH.  There's also a lot more 
documentation for
Asterisk, some of which is even correct..!

Asterisk will also support your BRIs directly - either through cards in 
the machine
or something like Xorcom's external interfaces .

Cheers --

Dave

> I have to implement a production software PBX. After some googling I came  
> out with two candidates: Asterisk and FreeSwitch.
>
> Asterisk looks like crap; granted, it's working in many installations and  
> seems to be readier for prime time. But just looking at their bugs puts me  
> away. Segfaults all over the place, crashes after handling a few hundred  
> calls: in short, very poor, sloppy programming I think. Maybe I'm wrong  
> here?
>
> I like the way things are handled here and I like the coding style a lot.  
> I think it's a matter of time FS becomes a great piece of software. Also  
>  from looking at the bug tracker the issues don't seem to be like those  
> plaguing Asterisk.
>
> What are your thoughts? apart from the obvious bias you have for FS since  
> you are here?
>
> I'd also like to read documentation if I have to consider FreeSwitch. I  
> see the wiki is incomplete in many places. There are  
> variables/applications I can't even begin to guess what they do.
>
> Also I'm aware that FS is a platform and Asterisk if just a PBX so its  
> ambitions are greater; in fact I only want a PBX not a communications  
> framework but as I've said above I feel Asterisk is going to be a lot of  
> pain.
>
> The PBX will have to handle no more than 24 calls through 12 BRI channels.  
> The local phones will be SIP and the traffic will be mainly incoming calls  
> although outgoing calls will be made also. I've never touched anything  
> VoIP so I'm a total newbie.
>
> Thanks,
> Lucia Rotger
>
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