FreeSWITCH Utilization in Government and Municipalities
I am implementing FreeSWITCH in my county in the very near future. I have an approved preliminary plan to roll out a couple of hundred VOIP phones, but need case studies of FreeSWITCH utilized in government or municipal applications in order to proceed on a larger scale. Fire departments, law enforcement, emergency operations, and 911 applications would also be helpful. It appears that some feel that government is so different than commercial applications, that it warrants further investigation. If you are involved in or are aware of specific FreeSWITCH applications in these areas, I would appreciate any details that you could provide. I will be attending ClueCon next week in Chicago and will continue to solicit contacts while there. Hope to see you there. I appreciate your time and consideration. Regards, Jeff Jeff McKnight, PMP(r) IT Telecommunications Manager Brevard County BoCC 321 633-2135 Jeffrey.McKnight@brevardcounty.us <mailto:Jeffrey.McKnight@brevardcounty.us> <javascript:ClickThumbnail(37)> ----------------------------------------- Under Florida Law, email addresses are Public Records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to public record requests, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Hi Jeff, There are several public institutions that are currently either deploying or have deployed FreeSWITCH. A couple that come to mind right away. Missouri University of Science and Technology is currently in a pilot for deployment. Bryant School District, Bryant, AR has FS in production. There is a Public Housing Authority in GA (which one I cant remember). I am sure there are others also. I have also heard of people using FreeSWITCH in the PSAP for the E911 dispatchers. As far as Cluecon, Look forward to seeing you there! K On 7/31/13 2:27 PM, "McKnight, Jeffrey" <Jeffrey.McKnight@brevardcounty.us> wrote:
I am implementing FreeSWITCH in my county in the very near future.
I have an approved preliminary plan to roll out a couple of hundred VOIP phones, but need case studies of FreeSWITCH utilized in government or municipal applications in order to proceed on a larger scale. Fire departments, law enforcement, emergency operations, and 911 applications would also be helpful. It appears that some feel that government is so different than commercial applications, that it warrants further investigation.
If you are involved in or are aware of specific FreeSWITCH applications in these areas, I would appreciate any details that you could provide.
I will be attending ClueCon next week in Chicago and will continue to solicit contacts while there. Hope to see you there.
I appreciate your time and consideration.
Regards,
Jeff
Jeff McKnight, PMP® IT Telecommunications Manager Brevard County BoCC 321 633-2135 Jeffrey.McKnight@brevardcounty.us <mailto:Jeffrey.McKnight@brevardcounty.us>
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On 07/31/2013 03:27 PM, McKnight, Jeffrey wrote:
I am implementing FreeSWITCH in my county in the very near future.
Happy to hear that. Especially as a former Florida resident :-)
I have an approved preliminary plan to roll out a couple of hundred VOIP phones, but need case studies of FreeSWITCH utilized in government or municipal applications in order to proceed on a larger scale. Fire departments, law enforcement, emergency operations, and 911 applications would also be helpful. It appears that some feel that government is so different than commercial applications, that it warrants further investigation.
There are some cases in which that is true. When you start talking about dealing with 911, police, fire, etc then it's worth noting to keep in mind those with disabilities that would require TDD (which FreeSWITCH has support for) and other accomodations. Aside from that, there aren't too many things that I can think of that are much different than normal enterprise installations with thousands of users. Looking forward to seeing you at ClueCon -Ray
Jeff, I am going to ClueCon and I have a big installation of fs on the gov I south america. I know, not the US but still might be able to help. I have 1500 extensions across 2 server sets. On the airport now flying to the us. I will also give a 15 min talk on the subject but not sure when. Lol. On Aug 1, 2013 12:28 PM, "Raymond Chandler" <intralanman@freeswitch.org> wrote:
On 07/31/2013 03:27 PM, McKnight, Jeffrey wrote:
I am implementing FreeSWITCH in my county in the very near future.****
Happy to hear that. Especially as a former Florida resident :-)
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I have an approved preliminary plan to roll out a couple of hundred VOIP phones, but need case studies of FreeSWITCH utilized in government or municipal applications in order to proceed on a larger scale. Fire departments, law enforcement, emergency operations, and 911 applications would also be helpful. It appears that some feel that government is so different than commercial applications, that it warrants further investigation.****
There are some cases in which that is true. When you start talking about dealing with 911, police, fire, etc then it's worth noting to keep in mind those with disabilities that would require TDD (which FreeSWITCH has support for) and other accomodations. Aside from that, there aren't too many things that I can think of that are much different than normal enterprise installations with thousands of users.
Looking forward to seeing you at ClueCon
-Ray
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On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 3:32 PM, João Mesquita <jmesquita@freeswitch.org>wrote:
Jeff, I am going to ClueCon and I have a big installation of fs on the gov I south america. I know, not the US but still might be able to help. I have 1500 extensions across 2 server sets. On the airport now flying to the us. I will also give a 15 min talk on the subject but not sure when. Lol.
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participants (5)
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João Mesquita
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Ken Rice
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McKnight, Jeffrey
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Michael Collins
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Raymond Chandler