[Freeswitch-users] Is Freeswitch ready for prime time?

[Ben Jones]

Hi Paul,

I'll tell you this. We (Teliax) made the decision to use FreeSWITCH 
instead of Asterisk in late 2008 and we haven't looked back since. We're 
a fairly large SIP/IAX provider with four POPs located throughout the 
US, each one running FS.

The dev community surrounding FS is excellent, they're always helpful 
and if you check the changelogs 
(http://fisheye.freeswitch.org/changelog/FreeSWITCH/) you can clearly 
see there's all sorts of work going on daily.

As a company with 5000+ customers with an emphasis on call completion 
and high quality, we're happy to say that we can rely on FreeSWITCH 
every single day to provide us with what Asterisk couldn't. Don't get me 
wrong, Asterisk is a good PBX (it's quick to deploy, relatively easy, 
and well supported) but try pushing thousands of calls through it at 
once without it choking. FreeSWITCH handles it with 94% processor idle.

I realize I might not answer all your questions, but I just wanted to 
throw in our vote for you to replace Asterisk with FreeSWITCH. Maybe 
seeing a real-world example such as ours will help your decision to make 
the switch. (pun fully intended)

Hope this helps,
Ben J

Paul Mahler wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
> 
> I have a large project coming up. I'm interested in using Freeswitch  
> instead of SER and Asterisk.
> 
> What is the current status of Freeswitch? Can I safely use it in a  
> large scale commercial environment? How active is the Freeswitch  
> developer community?
> 
> I am concerned that Freeswitch doesn't seem to have gained much  
> traction compared to Asterisk. How viable is the Freeswitch project?
> 
> Please help me understand why I can safely shit can Asterisk and move  
> to Freeswitch.
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> Paul
> _________________
> Paul Mahler
> paul at ringcarrier.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Ben J. -- Support Engineer II
Teliax, Inc - Denver, CO
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