September 15th, 2010

the Appliance

Posted by admin on Sep 15, 2010 in Business VoIP | 3 comments

My first production PBX was installed on a Dell P2 with 128MB of RAM.

This little box, running AstLinux, was able to run our small office of 6 user5.

We’ve come a long way since then

the Distro

Posted by admin on Sep 15, 2010 in Business VoIP | 6 comments

It was this Article given to me by a colleague that started my VoIP/Asterisk journey. It has been quite a ride.

My first Distro was AstLinux.  It required a lot of manual dial plan coding, which is exactly what I needed to really understand Asterisk.  It had a very small footprint which allowed me to install it on minimal hardware.  AstLinux was also compatible with the Digium FXO interface cards.

I then moved on to Asterisk@home, TrixBox, Askozia, PBX-in-a-Flash, Elastix, and Switchvox.

7 years and several distro’s and books later, I’m now able implement VoIP to generate revenue for our I.T. firm.

Today, most of our new installs are Elastix or Switchvox, depending on the clients needs.