Business VoIP

Business VoIP Solutions Using VoIP

the Deployment

Posted by on Jun 12, 2011 in Business VoIP | 19 comments

the Deployment
RECENT PBX INSTALL

Xorcom XR2072, 1 PRI, 8 FXO, 8FXS ports

Channels: PRI from Access One

PoE: 3 Zyxel ES2024pwr switches, 1 airlink 8port PoE for two cubicles

Sets: 36 Cisco SPA504G, 2 spa500 sidecars, 34 plantronic headsets

Cabling: used phone’s LAN port, client has only one CAT5-Jack

 

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the Phone

Posted by on Jun 10, 2011 in Business VoIP | 3 comments

the Phone

Since 2004, when I first discovered Asterisk, I’ve tried several different models/manufactures:
Sipoura: 841
Polycom: IP500, IP430,
Linksys: Spa 921, 941, 942, 962
Yealink: T-20p
Cisco: Spa 504G, 509G, 525G
Grandstream: 1200, 2000, 2120

Hands down, my favorite are the Cisco SPA series.  Our business clients love the styling, speaker phone, and sound quality.

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the Appliance

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

the Appliance

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 :-)

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the Distro

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

the Distro

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.

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