1. Open Source VOIP Solutions In Carrier Environments James Jones Virtual Realm Software james@virtualrealmsoftware.com

2. Open Source VOIP Solutions In Carrier Environments

3. Introduction Me Me Signate Signate Virtual Realm Software Virtual Realm Software Software used Software used Asterisk Asterisk SER SER Freeswitch Freeswitch

4. Platform SER SER Asterisk Cluster Asterisk Cluster Voicemail / Application Server Voicemail / Application Server Database Database PSTN Gateway PSTN Gateway OSS/Web Application Server OSS/Web Application Server Monitoring System Monitoring System NFS Storage NFS Storage

6. SER Registration Server Registration Server Great for load balancing Great for load balancing Able to integrate other features quickly Able to integrate other features quickly

7. Asterisk Able to setup call routing quickly Able to setup call routing quickly Build custom value add features Build custom value add features Large community of support Large community of support Able to use scripts to help with call logic Able to use scripts to help with call logic

8. Redundancy Physical Mesh Network Physical Mesh Network Heartbeat Heartbeat Stratus Stratus Need to make sure it is reliable Need to make sure it is reliable

9. Scalability Pre-Plan scaling Pre-Plan scaling Check where your bottle necks are (PCI Cards) Check where your bottle necks are (PCI Cards) Make sure you have enough bandwidth!!! Make sure you have enough bandwidth!!! Bond those NICs Bond those NICs

10. Freeswitch True Softswitch application True Softswitch application Throughput Throughput Easy to use API Easy to use API Great Development team Great Development team

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