EDIT: My original quest has turned into a fling with FusionPBX. If you are interested in giving it a go message me for help or join #fusionpbx on freenode. Moved 2 businesses offer so far its all pros and no cons. I have still reached out to multiple people about the original subject to see if we can get anyone else to release a FOSS competitor.

Based on some of the comments in this thread I am thinking about reaching out to developers of various projects to elicit a release of a FOSS version of a their stand alone PBX product that we could throw community support behind.

FreePBX currently is the most recommended small PBX solution on the market, FOSS or not. But as @JaredBusch mentioned in the aforementioned thread it still isn't a clear FOSS product. Everyone is interested in a production level system that is "cloud ready".

I thought I would outline a list of requirements, and I can add to the list based on anyone's feedback to this thread. Once I have enough feedback I am going to start to reach out to vendors/developers referencing back to this thread.

• Basic PBX Functionality (Voicemail, Extensions, Ring Groups, Dial Plan, Call Forwards, Users, Presence, BLF)

• Share line appearance (Something FreePBX doesn't mimic or support)

• Built in Security/Firewall or SBC (border controller)

• Simple installation process primarily for a hosted environment

• Some type of clear/simple provisioning template system

• No limits on users, devices, trunks, etc. In other words a true FOSS solution with feature parity to FreePBX

This could be the combination of several projects or a single product modified for a simple single tenant installation. Surely someone out there will support this as it could lead to exposure for their other products and services.strikethrough text

Check out the front page of reddit

You have to go to /r/popular (Above Link

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Youtube Video

Follwed link from SW to Jared's FreePBX Guide. Had some questions...

1.) Jared mentioned in another post using config files to manual provision the phone system. Is he hosting them on the client freepbx install or a random FTP/Server?

2.) Is the dynamic firewall safe to use or hosted PBX and remote phones? I assume if you get locked out you can always access the direct console from vultr's and disable the firewall.

3.) Is it best to still use CHAN_SIP or is PJSIP viable for hosted pbx?

4.) Has anyone used the Remote FreePBX RMS module. There is no indication of the monthly cost per install so I am reluctant to waste time setting up a demo.

Thanks!

https://www.sangoma.com/press-releases/sangoma-announces-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-digium-inc/

Just noticed this while hanging around on FreePBX support forums this morning...

I know the pose is lame, but I was 16 years old so give me a break! I am the one with the fro standing up.

Disagree, pose it legit!

@fuznutz04 said in Replacing FreePBX with FusionPBX:

@bigbear I downloaded the ISO, I just need to find some time to try it out. I do like the fact that it is based on FreeSwitch, which seems to be used by a lot of the big players. (Flowroute for example)

Best to spin up Debian 8 on Vultr and run the Jessie script.

I'm working on outlining that onto a very simple single page specific to a Vultr. There is no documentation on Twilio, Telnyx or flowroute so I thought I would add that.

@tim_g said in Spec me a new desktop:

@bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:

@tim_g said in Spec me a new desktop:

I'd be happier with a laptop and a dual monitor USBC/3 dock. There's some cheap i5 linux laptops that'll do Linux and cock.

Linux and cock is a useful feature

That was a typo! (fixed)

It will live on in my quoted reply though...

Unit is now SOLD

My last garage sale post... which I think would be a cool category for ML, buy/sell/trade? Selling with a new account on Ebay I got zero sales and almost scammed about 4 times by people wanting me to ship to a PO box that forwards out of the country.

Anyway, I also have this unit, unused in the box. Ordered and didnt use or return in time.

Think it was $895 some odd months ago. How bout BUY IT NOW for $499 which s about 50% of current price, or make offer.

How do you like my Fusion login screen?

Has turned out to be very much a developer/freeswitch project. Just messing around with it has given me so many ideas...

@scottalanmiller said in YouTube TV:

@dashrender said in YouTube TV:

Sure you could do this with binging shows as well, but it's much more difficult to get us together for enough periods to get through it.. but individually we could get through it in short order.

Another way to word it is - with the schedule, we have semi-forced time together watching the shows.

What you are saying is, you are willing to pay someone to force you to both dislike how you watch television because, given the choice, you'd both rather not do what you are doing, even if you could keep doing it exactly the same, but cheaper?

I would prefer to get all episodes at once, but also would prefer to see them as they air vs waiting a year. If I lived alone, however, I dont know that I would even watch TV. Im not even sure I would have the internet at this point. The spirit of Big Bear would likely guide me up into the Tennessee mountains.

EDIT: Last chance to get the prices below, free shipping etc. Order goes in Tuesday and the pricing will be gone.

There are some discounts on other Yealink and Polycom models as well if anyone is interested.

Been working with @DustinB3403 for a while on a large order. We just got some incentive pricing for end of year that is deeper than any usual discount I have ever gotten.

Limited Time Pricing

Yealink 48s = $164.50
Yealink 46s = $121.80

@jaredbusch said in FreePBX Restored from Vultr Snapshot - No IP on boot:

Is your hardware address right? Duplicated MAC address might be an issue?

I ended up deleting everything in eth0, which the system no longer recognizes as "connected" and entered the settings in eth1, saved and restarted network service. Now I am able to edit network settings from system admin and they are immediately reflected in the the network scripts.

Just rebooted and came up perfect!

I think this is an unlikely scenario, restoring snapshots to a different IP address or different vultr account. I am guessing this is what caused the issue.

No on to the FreepPBX 14 updates.

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

And questions like this...

@scottalanmiller 5 stiff drams deep and I'm in the hands of autocorrect...

I just want to iterate again, working hard isn't a way to get ahead.

This is incredulous!

So as some may know I have been looking for a solution to make a vast amount of data easily accessible for mobile users.

I just discovered Smart Sync, a feature Dropbox apparently released last year. It seems it will only sync what you "pin' or what you access the most. This may allow me to dump terabytes of data on the cloud and access it from anywhere. I am about to test it out.

Any use this or a product that does something similar, or have any experience with Dropbox Smart Sync?

Side Note: When I first got Dropbox in 2008 this is how it worked, as far as I remember. At some point dropbox changed to syncing everything in real time.

Hi all,

Andy Myers. I am about 15 years a WISP engineer and have spent the last 5 or 6 years expanding into BTS/VSAT/Cellular projects.

Currently working at a WISP who provides business internet and voice primarily, some residential service in rural areas where big cable still doesn't reach. We do some speciality cellular work for military training facilities throughout the U.S. and some Maritime ISP stuff due to a large client we brought on a few years back.

Working on expanding my knowledge of Python, Ruby, VoIP switches such as FreePBX and Freeswitch.

@jaredbusch said in I am going to start an ISP:

AT&T oversold DSL between 12 and 20 to 1 back in he early 2000’s.

In early DSL days I knew a local ISP that put a 3mb bonded T-1 out to a DSLAM in your local telco closet where there were over 100 subs in a suburb. You will hear "overutilization" referred to more as "breakage" as you follow the rabbit down the Telco/ISP hole.

Once you have some usage, you will be able to make decisions about turning up bandwidth as you move along. There are customers who use very little in the evening, and evening streaming is what its all about these days. All of your decisions will be made based on 6pm to 11pm downstream usage.

@stuartjordan said in History happening right now - live link:

@jaredbusch said in History happening right now - live link:

@stuartjordan said in History happening right now - live link:

That was brilliant, how mad them rockets landing back down where they wanted. Normally the rockets are destroyed on re-entry??

NOt for SpaceX. They have been landing them for years now.

I wasn't aware of this to be fair, don't normally follow, but still amazing to say the least, should imagine they can do more flights saving the rockets.

Every rocket that lands successfully saves tens of millions if not more on than larger ones. And the scale of a 10+ story building landing is something else as well...