Telephony

Dare to Compare: The Best (free) VoIP Offerings for 2018

Dare to Compare: The Best (free) VoIP Offerings for 2018

Monday, March 5, 2018

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What a difference a year makes! Welcome to our annual survey of the latest and greatest VoIP developments for 2018. The new year ushered in new Asterisk® 13 LTS releases of Incredible PBX® on the CentOS and Raspberry Pi platforms as well as a new version for Issabel 4. To sweeten the pot even further, we nailed down a new Cloud-based offering for about $1 a month that makes a perfect VOIP sandbox. For 2018, we also secured new (free)… Read More ›

The SMS Toolkit: Integrating Text Messaging into Asterisk

The SMS Toolkit: Integrating Text Messaging into Asterisk

Monday, February 26, 2018

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably already know that most folks spend a lot more time texting on their smartphones rather than talking. So it only made sense to develop some useful SMS tools to get the most out of your Asterisk® PBX. Today we’re pleased to introduce version 1 of an SMS Toolkit for Incredible PBX® using any SMS-enabled DID from either Vitelity or VoIP.ms. Just text a simple message to your PBX, and Incredible PBX… Read More ›

300 New Wholesale Providers Make Asterisk Shine

300 New Wholesale Providers Make Asterisk Shine

Monday, February 12, 2018

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For many years, we’ve offered Vitelity’s $3.99 Unlimited DID special with a DID, 4 channels, unlimited inbound calling, and free text messaging. It’s a deal no VoIP user should pass up. And today we have another revolutionary development for Asterisk® deployments. Once in a while we feature a carrier with great calling rates. Today we’re introducing a service providing access to 300+ wholesale carriers, all under one roof. Almost 30 BILLION billed minutes already have been logged through TCXC so… Read More ›

Revolutionary VoIP: The Best (free) PBX Ever from 3CX

Revolutionary VoIP: The Best (free) PBX Ever from 3CX

Thursday, February 8, 2018

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There are evolutions, and then there are revolutions. Today is another revolutionary day for free VoIP. The new 3CX v15.5 Update 3 is revolutionary on so many levels: price, feature set, flexibility, stability, and security for openers. For Nerd Vittles readers that want a free PBX for your home or business, here’s the latest and greatest. You get the 3CX Standard License features listed here with up to 16 simultaneous calls for one year. That setup easily supports about 50… Read More ›

Rolling Your Own: Building a Custom ISO with Incredible PBX

Rolling Your Own: Building a Custom ISO with Incredible PBX

Monday, January 29, 2018

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We walked through the RedHat ISO creation procedure a couple years ago, but we wanted to revisit the issue using the 64-bit Scientific Linux 6.9 platform for those that want a current ISO image with Asterisk® 13 LTS. We recommend setting up your build environment on a VirtualBox virtual machine. Then you’ll have something to store away on your desktop computer in the event you ever want to create more customized ISOs. For today, you’ll need the 64-bit SL 6.9… Read More ›

Incredible PBX Backup & Restore for Cloud-Based Servers

Incredible PBX Backup & Restore for Cloud-Based Servers

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

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One of the perplexing realities with VoIP-based servers is how few people actually back up their systems. For anyone who has ventured into the IT world over the past 40 years, there’s one maxim worth remembering: "It’s not a question of whether your server will fail. It’s only a question of when." Incredible PBX® always has provided a backup mechanism in standalone servers to recover from disasters. But then cloud-based computing came along. Two of our favorite providers, Digital Ocean… Read More ›

Leap into 2018: Introducing Incredible PBX 13 for Issabel

Leap into 2018: Introducing Incredible PBX 13 for Issabel

Monday, January 15, 2018

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If you didn’t already know, we’ve always liked free. No strings, no gotchas, no demoware, and no legal shenanigans. That’s why our introduction of Issabel 4 last summer was such a breath of fresh air. While there’s now an awesome free version of 3CX, the open source community has had a very long dry spell. So today we celebrate a decade of adding fun to phone systems with the introduction of Incredible PBX® 13 for Issabel 4. It now includes… Read More ›

Happy New ISO: Incredible PBX 13-13 ISO Is Here

Happy New ISO: Incredible PBX 13-13 ISO Is Here

Monday, January 8, 2018

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We’re pleased to introduce the new, 64-bit Incredible PBX 13-13 ISO featuring the latest release of Asterisk® 13 and your favorite FreePBX® 13 GPL modules. Like its predecessor, it’s 100% open source and GPL code. The new Incredible PBX 13-13 ISO can be burned to either a DVD-ROM or a 1GB or larger USB flash drive using a Mac, a Windows PC, or almost any Linux machine. And, unlike some other distros, you’re more than welcome to share our code… Read More ›

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