Hello -
We received a proposal from Cisco, Mitel and Asterisk to implement VoIP in one of our offices. We have several offices which all run on Cisco switches and routers. So naturally I prefer the Cisco solution. But when it comes down to pricing the Asterisk solution was the cheapest minus the layer 2 switch and router which we would have to buy to replace the existing 3Com switch and 1750 Cisco router. I am not familiar w/ open source software and a little wary of it. Does anyone have any insight between Cisco's VoIp solution versus Asterisk? What has your experience been.
We received a proposal from Cisco, Mitel and Asterisk to implement VoIP in one of our offices. We have several offices which all run on Cisco switches and routers. So naturally I prefer the Cisco solution. But when it comes down to pricing the Asterisk solution was the cheapest minus the layer 2 switch and router which we would have to buy to replace the existing 3Com switch and 1750 Cisco router. I am not familiar w/ open source software and a little wary of it. Does anyone have any insight between Cisco's VoIp solution versus Asterisk? What has your experience been.