D.27. mgcp.conf
The Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) has
only primitive support in Asterisk. This is likely due to the fact
that SIP has stolen the limelight from every other VoIP protocol
(except IAX, of course). Because of this, you should attempt to use
Asterisk's MCGP channel in a production environment only if you are
prepared to perform extensive testing, are willing to pay to have
features and patches implemented within your time frames, and have
in-house expertise with the protocol.
Having said that, we are not prepared to
pronounce MGCP dead. SIP is not yet the panacea it has been touted
as, and MGCP has proven itself to be very useful in carrier
backbone environments. Many believe MGCP will fill a niche or void
that has not yet been discovered, and we remain interested in
it.
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