Best posts made by bigbear

I haven't trying deploying the FusionPBX on Docker yet, but my install on Jessie (Debian has gone great so far.

I am going with a $20 Vultr instance next as I plan to run 11 tenants and hundreds of phones off this install. You could probably run it on a smaller install but I don't want to have to worry about resizing discs later, etc. I will be replacing 11 of my $5 vultr instances so overall it drops my host cost from $55 to $20 per month.

http://docs.fusionpbx.com/en/latest/getting_started/quick_install.html# has a great walkthrough of an installation. Use Debian 8 iso for install ($5 Vultr instance for single tenant install should be fine). Judging by github activity this is the most stable setup.

Also, there is a youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5j2ITmjua1MfjGR8jX9TA that appears to be all Mark, the main developer.

One of the guys active on Github may be coming to give some advice on additional securiting the instal on Vultr (or any cloud instance).

On the security tab it talks about not exposing Mod_xml_rpc to the public. By the default instructions it appears it is exposed, so looking for @DigiDaz to join us on MangoLassi as he has offered to answer questions.

I should mention that the primary developer, Mark Crane, only appears to be monetizing FusionPBX by offering training classes. He is very active on the IRC channel but often redirects advanced questions to his training course. Maybe for those like @scottalanmiller and @JaredBusch who run hosting services that kind of service or support could be useful. I hope we can get enough support going here that a typical FreePBX user could convert to FusionPBX with publicly available info.

This bad boy is sold. Thanks for all the inquiries.

Really do think a MangoLassi Gear "Topic" would be a good idea.

@jaredbusch said in Setting up FusionPBX:

Well Tuesday = Last friday right?

I finally setup FusionPBX on a Debian 8 system Tuesday afternoon.

I have done nothing with it, but the install was flawless.

I have blown mine up three now, but learned a decent amount in the process. At Cluecon this week a customer was there with 40,000 end points on Fusion with multiple servers. I think they said it was Bank of Brazil.

Be sure to use the new letsencrypt.sh script under resources as opposed to the instrucitons on the docs site, way easier.

I have this Tik available, I think I paid $196 for it from Amazon a few months ago, ended up putting in a PoE switch. Box, cables, etc. They probably go $179 to $189 now depending on where you get them.

I would say $99 plus shipping method cost is the bottom number. Here is a video of all the features for anyone unfamiliar.

Youtube Video – [11:34..]

https://vpsboard.com/threads/choopa-sends-out-vultr-to-drown-in-the-digitalocean.3607/

Dropped price as I am shipping a few things out already today, like to do it all in one trip. Also split up units realizing no one probably needs an extender.

This is a flash sale for today only, I will go to UPS just before 6pm.

Have been doing testing with a couple of these units I had left over. Selling open box used (previously posted them on ML in the box)

$199 for phone, $79 for extenders, just pay shipping cost. This setup is about $400+ from a distributor, a whole lot more retail. I have 3 open boxes, planning on keeping one of them so two are available. Very lightly lightly used during testing. No scratches or issues, already defaulted to factory settings.

I have all the box/packaging, left sticky clear protective stuff on screens and camera. Only used myself for testing with my own voice platform setup.

Unfortunately yes.... we wasted about $250k before calling it quits.

These days the prepaid providers offer better spectrum and pricing than even the MVNO can get a contract for, unless you go to Sprint. And even then you are buying at about the same rate the big 5 are selling service for.

If you have a niche it can work.

Probably my last of my garage sale posts. I have 2 of these Yealink 48G units that were used in my lab as well. Both have boxes. There may be a 3rd without the box available.

$99 in a single shipment. You pay shipping preference/cost.

And there is a billing MVNO (common with rebranded Sprint) or there is infrastructure MVNO, where you cover an otherwise dead area (say in the mountains) and failover to a major network when your customers go out of band. This is feasible with the rise of 3GPPP cells which allow you to forgo expensive tower builds. (Anywhere off network usually doesnt have tower infrastructure)

So that is what I mean by "niche".

I don't usually do a self-promo unless I am hocking my overstock/used phones, but I have talked with a couple guys here on ML about Skype For Business and Microsoft Cloud PBX then @EddieJennings started a convo about desktop apps and it got me thinking...

Right now we have made some big investments to offer commercial UC apps as well as integration for Office 365, Active Directory and Cloud AD. We run across this a lot, and Microsoft is killing Skype for Business, so we made the leap.

Right now I feel like we are inbetween your FreePBX/Vultr scenario and your RingCentral-type providers. Here is where I see the difference:

• You can bring your own minutes to our platform if you choose
• We are Geo-redunant in Terramark and Equinix data centers
• We can provide billing and services to the US, UK and parts ofEurope
• For large situations like hospitals we have MPLS or SBC solutions
• We have perimeter border controllers, so no firewall/banning to worry about

P.S.
Something I have been curious about is whether there is any market for connecting to individual FreePBX installations. Unfortunately this would require you to bring your own premise or Cloud Session Border Controller. I havent looked but its possible Sangoma's SBC would work.

So I am curious if there would be interest in that, and obviously if anyone is looking at Cloud PBX and Office 365 this is a total and shameless self promotion...

@glasswireken said in Anyone start an MVNO?:

@bigbear We were thinking about using our mobile app to offer a niche MVNO to our users, but it's just a very early stage unlikely idea.

I will Google MVNE as you suggest, but it sounds like it's more than we could handle.

Checking your apps out, this is interesting. I an see where your thinking is headed. There are a few good platforms that provide well written API access on top of the carrier network that might work.

As things sit now MVNO's still have to ship new sim cards, a minor setback. But I definitely see what you are thinking.

@fuznutz04 said in Bricked ERX:

So circling back... I'm getting an ER-Lite. However, I did find a fix here: https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/ERX-ERX-SFP-System-Recovery/m-p/2056921 I'm going to try this regardless.

All you need is one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QT7LQ88/

Post pics if you do it, would be interesting to see!

Also, I was able to use ngrok to connect my app engine to Twilio so there is zero security to manage.

Though @scottalanmiller would appreciate. Ngrok is essentially a vpn in a link.

And unexpected bonus in all this, extension dialing that is forwarded to a cell phone allows you to dial commands during call. From cell phone forwarded call you can xfer, park or start recording mid-call.

In Office 365, does anyone know how you can set up a service/billing/password admin without giving them the permission to reset the Global Admin password?

I guess Global admins can only be changed by Global admins, for anyone's future reference. When giving someone permissions other than Global it appeared to they could reset a password, but when I tried it denied the attempt.

Good enough...

@mike-davis said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:

@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:

Anyone done this yet?

No, but I would really like to hear how it goes for you.

Will definitely take notes and screen shots.

He asked me to help with his accounting and IT. Was actually the owner of a roofing company that just replaced my parents roof and also owns an auto parts store. So there is inventory.

I told him I don't do that if he'd switch his phones over to me I'd help him migrate for free.

It remains to be seen who is getting the better deal.

@markjcrane said in FusionPBX benefits:

@bigbear almost everything listed is native to freeswitch.

FreeSWITCH doesn't have hot desking, device provisioning, operator panel, and all the other features that it does have have to be configured with XML. What FreeSWITCH has is a good tool box to make it possible to make all of those features.

@bigbear Also fusion doesn’t load balance servers, it’s just a failover BDR, where opensips and Kamailio offer true redundancy.

Load balancing is literally distributing the load and this can be done using multiple tools including but not limited to OpenSIPs and Kamailio but because FusionPBX is domain based multi-tenant system that usually has multiple domains and therefore load can also be distributed with DNS SRV, Smart DNS, multiple outbound proxies and more.

heavy heavy sigh

I don’t think the current iteration of fusion operator panel is a real factor in anyone’s decision making process tbh Mark.

And I don’t think dns srv records and the current sync setup you are describing compares on any level to opensips.

No ones bashing fusion, were just getting this commercial here today out of the blue and I don’t know what’s behind it.

@tim_g said in FusionPBX benefits:

@markjcrane said in FusionPBX benefits:

@jaredbusch English is not babak's native language.

I wonder how well Jared can write posts in his second language. I'd expect it to be perfect the way he treats others.

Probably wouldn’t randomly post adverts to second language forums to begin with...

Full disclosure: I sell cloud phone service and we have recently been courting the reseller/channel market.

Mark (the FusionPBX creator) and I spent a couple hours on the phone today and we talked a little about this post.

Short story is I assumed OP was one of the many people I have been talking to who came here to shill post. It is actually a legit FusionPBX user who was looking to help promote the project. In IRC history well after the post asked Mark for some help, and I know Mark would never have asked for it. So it wasnt a shill post from FusionPBX in any way.

To set my comments straight... FusionPBX does have true load balancing, server A goes down and server B takes over. You can also sync the load over multiple servers. They have also developed a number of feature replacements that dont use Freeswitch, and I would be the first to say its the best provisioner I have ever used.

If you have designs on managing multiple tenants from a single server it really is a no brainer to check this project out. You really do need the training and to make a long term commitment to learning the product.