Open source telephony platforms are powering thousands of VoIP systems worldwide. Thanks to platforms like Asterisk open source VoIP growing in popularity each and every day. The VoIP Insider brings you the most important open source VoIP information, insights and news as it hits the streets. Below you will find a number of open source specific articles, resources, information and news or to your right you can download A Guide to Open Source PBX Systems for FREE!
Featured Open Source VoIP Articles
Catch-up with today’s most important open source VoIP topics and trends with these featured articles from the VoIP Insider.
- 101 Things You Can Do With Asterisk
- 100 Alternatives to Cisco and Avaya
- Which trixbox Version is Best for You?
Technical Information About Open Source VoIP
The VoIP Insider is your leading source for technical information about open source VoIP. Learn more about open source VoIP with our technical articles discuss configuration, implementation and on-going maintenance of the various platforms.
- Anatomy of an Open Source Phone System
- Open Source PBX Requirements
- Open Source Telephony Software
- Upsides and Downsides of Open Source VoIP Systems
Open Source VoIP Equipment
Learn about, research and purchase the best hardware for use with open source telephony platforms at the VoIP Insider. This month the VoIP Insider recommends the following equipment:
Last Open Source VoIP News
ClueCon a Must for Open Source VoIP Professionals
In less than two weeks the unique ClueCon event for VoIP and open source telephony developers will be held in Chicago, IL from August 9th to the 11th. Instead of the typical trade show and conference fare that requires manning a booth all day, sponsors and developers instead freely interact with conference attendees in a relaxed atmosphere.
In short: If you [...]
Pretty Good VoIP Security at ClueCon Roundtable Event
The annual telephony user and developer conference ClueCon is putting a focus on VoIP security next month with a VoIP Security Roundtable that welcomes none other than email encryption pioneer, internet hero, and PGP creator Philip R. Zimmermann.
Zimmermann created PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) as an email encryption software package to ensure that your private matters stay private. Distribution of [...]
Digium vs. Sangoma: Which PCI Cards Are Better?
I was given then dubious task of comparing Digium vs. Sangoma PCI cards. I probably would have been better off if I’d been tasked with “Who’s the bigger train wreck, Linsday Lohan or Charlie Sheen?”
In both cases, it’s like comparing green apples to red ones. Both have their good points and both have not so good [...]
3CX Versus Asterisk
Windows…Er…3CX vs. Asterisk
We all know the capabilities and endless feature set of Asterisk. It’s a powerful, software based PBX, that’s possibilities are endless. Asterisk is distributed in a number of ways, the first being the open sourced distribution that is command line driven. This distribution, 1.6.2.11 being the latest stable version can be downloaded from [...]
Digium PCI Cards 101 – help for the rest of us…..
Are you a telephony tech geek? Well, if you are, you can stop reading this now. This post is for the REST OF US. If you run the IT dept for a small to medium sized business and spend most of your time rebooting PC’s and installing Microsoft upgrades, you may have experienced that all [...]
Read moreOpen Source PBX Comparisons
So if you have been following my previous posts on open source software and hardware requirements, you are well aware that you have many options to choose from when choosing to go with an open sourced based PBX for your solution. Since one of its core features is…well…unlimited possibilities, you have many areas to consider, [...]
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