From SIPfoundry sipXecs IP PBX, The Open Source SIP PBX for Linux - Calivia
| Important note: The following page is a commercial offering. It describes differences between sipX and its commercial sibling SIPxchange
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sipXecs is a fully functioning application and includes no restrictions. Third-party provided commercial add-ons are not available for sipXecs as they are not compatible with an open source license. The following table articulates such differences.
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Nortel SCS |
| Audio Quality |
sipXecs includes its own media framework that is fully available in open source but of lesser quality as compared to GIPS. |
Nortel SCS relies on the GIPS media framework, a commercial third-party solution that improves audio quality due to better packet loss concealment and jitter buffer management. It is licenses by GIPS on a per copy basis. |
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| User Interface Template |
sipXecs Config Server comes with the SIPfoundry colored user interface template. |
Nortel SCS uses a different template. |
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| Documentation |
Only community provided documentation is available for sipXecs. |
Nortel SCS is shipped with a comprehensive installation and administrators manual. In addition the package includes application notes on how to use and configure end points and other peripheral devices. |
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| Support |
Only community based support is available for sipXecs. |
Nortel and its resellers offer different levels of commercial support for SCS. Nortel guarantees long term support for its releases to support production installations where customers are unable to upgrade every couple of months. In contrast users of the community release will have to follow the upgrade path of the community release. |
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| Training |
No formal training is available. |
Nortel and its resellers offer formal online training for administrators and users of SCS. |
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| Q&A and end point certification |
Testing based on community peer review. |
Nortel SCS is thoroughly regression and stress tested before release. Specific end points such as phones and gateways are certification tested and guaranteed to work. |
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| Online Help |
sipXecs links to this Wiki for online help. |
Nortel SCS provides access to an online administrators manual for help. |
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