[COLUG] Asterisk

[Aaron Howard]

On 10/24/07, Duane <duane at e164.org> wrote:
> Apologies if this is a duplicate, the last copy I sent seems to have
> vanished.
>
> Aaron Howard wrote:
>
> > I know..google and all that...but since you mentioned it, what's SER/OpenSER?
>
> SER (Sip Express Router) is an alternate VoIP call switch platform,
> there is voice mail and a few other bits and pieces you can put together
> to build a system comparable to asterisk but infinitely more scalable.
>

Okay, so after reading posts to the list and doing a little googling,
I am more confused than I was before.  VOIP is all well and good, but
I thought one main advantage of Asterisk is that it will not only do
VOIP but PBX with a PRI card so it can interface directly to POTS.

If somebody were to set up SER/OpenSER or some other straight VOIP
system, do they then just have to sign up with a SIP-to-POTS gateway
service?  Or does SER and/or OpenSER support that directly?

-Aaron

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