[Freeswitch-users] Should I choose FreeSwitch?

[Jason Garland]

Gateways are usually the better option because you can configure your
phones to use it as a failover for WHEN your Asterisk server deadlocks
and crashes. A gateway would also provide better echo cancellation and
jitter buffer support then a card based solution.

There is a list of BRI gateways on the voip-info wiki here:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=VOIP+Gateways


On 9/18/07, Lucia Rotger <lrotger at aircomp.aero> wrote:
> Anthony,
>
> > I know you excused the obvious bias but even then I typically as a
> > policy do not recommend my own software to anyone.  I am able to invite
> > you to help work on the project and to welcome any input you have.
>
> Thanks for the invitation; now I'm busy setting this up but I will install
> a test freeswitch sometime so I can get the hang of it. If you accept
> recommendations at this point I'd say accurate documentation is a plus;
> lack of it (or obsolete) is usually a showstopper. There is very good
> software out there but lack of documentation keeps it from being widely
> adopted (i.e. Zope).
>
> > Like you say, you will find that Asterisk is designed with PBX in mind
> > where FreeSWITCH has a primary focus on being a switching platform and
> > an application server.  However, the way FreeSWITCH is designed it's
> > more than possible to create a PBX environment just by way of
> > configuration and possibly the addition of a few missing features that
> > are mostly missing due to a non-urgency.  I myself have done extensive
>
> I like the generality of working with a framework, that way weird
> applications can be done.
>
> > work on the Asterisk project which does give me the right to comment on
> > the quality of the code.  I have many problems with Asterisk that have a
> > great influence on why I started this project but I will not get into
> > the details of them in this email.  That said I still contribute to the
>
> Oh my, don't take my comment personally :) In fact independently of the
> quality of the individual developers I know it's difficult to do good work
> (and very frustrating) if the problem hasn't been addressed correctly from
> the beginning, and this shows in Asterisk.
>
> > Asterisk community to this day when I find time.  If you do decide to
> > use Asterisk I highly recommend you stick with the 1.2 release for your
> > best chance of success. You also may want to consider Call Weaver, GNU
> > Bayonne or YATE just to make sure you have considered
> >  all options.
>
> I've also read somewhere that 1.2 is more stable than 1.4.
>
> I appreciate you mentioning the other options. I already knew of them but
> as I said the candidates are down to Asterisk and Freeswitch (well only
> Asterisk now but still).
>
> Thanks again for your kind reply :)
> Lucia
>
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