PCI over Ethernet?
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@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh What VoIP solution are you using?
PBX In A Flash.
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Who wrote the IVR interface? Do they offer other non PCI options in light of PBX IVR solutions these days?
20 years ago, Nuance sold hardware solution IVR cards, today they sell IVR software that does the same thing and ditches the hardware requirement.
Of course management says - hey why do I have to spend money replacing something that works perfectly well - so good luck with that.
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@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh What VoIP solution are you using?
PBX In A Flash.
That definitely has its own IVR functionality.
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@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said:
PBX In A Flash.
Why?
Why not? Except for this very specialized scenario, PIAF has worked beautifully and has saved us a shit ton of $$$$.
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@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said:
PBX In A Flash.
Why?
Why not? Except for this very specialized scenario, PIAF has worked beautifully and has saved us a shit ton of $$$$.
Saved you money compared to the standard alternatives of FreePBX or Elastix which are also free and their IVRs are very simple to use?
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@anthonyh I am a FreePBX fan myself. I think others here are too
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Sure their IVRs are easy to use for the functionality of the switch they were built for (PIAF or FreePBX, etc) but what about extending them? can it done? I'm sure it can, the question is at what cost?
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Which brings up a great question - how much did that old hardware solution cost you?
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@scottalanmiller said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said:
PBX In A Flash.
Why?
Why not? Except for this very specialized scenario, PIAF has worked beautifully and has saved us a shit ton of $$$$.
Saved you money compared to the standard alternatives of FreePBX or Elastix which are also free and their IVRs are very simple to use?
I'm confused. My understanding is PBX In A Flash is a variant of FreePBX. In fact the web interface says "FreePBX" all over it???
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@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@scottalanmiller said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said:
PBX In A Flash.
Why?
Why not? Except for this very specialized scenario, PIAF has worked beautifully and has saved us a shit ton of $$$$.
Saved you money compared to the standard alternatives of FreePBX or Elastix which are also free and their IVRs are very simple to use?
I'm confused. My understanding is PBX In A Flash is a variant of FreePBX. In fact the web interface says "FreePBX" all over it???
To me that makes me ask - why not just use FreePBX then? what made PIAF better than FreePBX? I'm asking since I have no clue.
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@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@scottalanmiller said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said:
PBX In A Flash.
Why?
Why not? Except for this very specialized scenario, PIAF has worked beautifully and has saved us a shit ton of $$$$.
Saved you money compared to the standard alternatives of FreePBX or Elastix which are also free and their IVRs are very simple to use?
I'm confused. My understanding is PBX In A Flash is a variant of FreePBX. In fact the web interface says "FreePBX" all over it???
Yeah, that's a confusing piece. FreePBX is an interface for Asterisk. There is also a PBX called FreePBX. All made by the same team. So while PIAF, Elastix, TrixBox and FreePBX are all PBXs that use the FreePBX interface.... only one is made by the FreePBX team.
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Ok, this thread is derailing fast....
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@Dashrender said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@scottalanmiller said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@aaronstuder said in PCI over Ethernet?:
@anthonyh said:
PBX In A Flash.
Why?
Why not? Except for this very specialized scenario, PIAF has worked beautifully and has saved us a shit ton of $$$$.
Saved you money compared to the standard alternatives of FreePBX or Elastix which are also free and their IVRs are very simple to use?
I'm confused. My understanding is PBX In A Flash is a variant of FreePBX. In fact the web interface says "FreePBX" all over it???
To me that makes me ask - why not just use FreePBX then? what made PIAF better than FreePBX? I'm asking since I have no clue.
Probably the era when they built it. There was a time like eight years ago when Elastix 2 wasn't established yet and TrixBox was waning that PIAF was pretty viable.
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@anthonyh Sorry
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@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
Ok, this thread is derailing fast....
So how much did you pay for the old hardware solution and who built it?
Do they have a solution that works directly with today's PBX IVRs?
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Why change something that we have aboslutely no issues with? It wouldn't save us any money, and we are intimately familiar with how PBX In A Flash is built and are able to adequately support it. So...???
In any rate, I'm going to try to get this back on topic...
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Let's start with the basic's:
What OS is that last physical server on?
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Well we don't have a PCE over Ethernet option. I searched and didn't find one. Xen might have the PCI passthrough that you want, but I've never tried it.
Given that we don't have the one and the other would need testing, the obvious answer is to try to solve the goal rather than the proximate, which is best anyway.
Given that, if FreePBX is a drop in replacement for PIAF but does a great IVR, does that not solve several issues rather than just one? In what way is replacing the IVR bad?
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@anthonyh said in PCI over Ethernet?:
Why change something that we have aboslutely no issues with? It wouldn't save us any money....
Doesn't it? Are the physical IVRs going to be free forever and carry zero risk? If not, it seems like it does save money, at least eventually. It also protects you from something you don't have protection from today AND solves the problem that you are trying to solve here, right?