On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Fred <codecomplete@free.fr> wrote:
Hello
I successfully used Asterisk to build a voice server for our SOHO business. I did read the article comparing Asterisk to Freeswitch, but I have a couple of questions:
1. What are the decisive reasons that would justify taking a look at Freeswitch? What makes it a better option?
The answer is, of course, "It depends." If all you need is a simple PBX for your small office then Asterisk actually isn't necessarily a bad choice. My personal experience from talking to people is that when it works, it works well. As to the question of what makes FS and better option than Asterisk it goes back to what you want to use it for. But in a nutshell FreeSWITCH does a lot of things better: FS is more scalable FS is more modular FS is much better written in terms of code quality - no voodoo
2. I'd like to build an affordable solution based on Asus' EeeBox and (because it's too small to add a PCI card) Sangoma's USB device to connect the host to POTS. Has someone successfully used Freeswitch to work on this hardware? www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24&l2=165 http://wiki.sangoma.com/sangoma-wanpipe-usbfxo
I personally have not but keep asking around. -MC