[LUAU] A better flavor of Asterisk and a great little box

[Jeff Mings]

Thanks for the suggestions Matt!
On 03/08/2013 10:19 AM, Matt Darnell wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Jeff Mings <jeffm at lava.net> wrote:
>> Hi All!
>>      Faced with a sudden need to implement PBX alternatives for a few clients
>> with 5 or 6 locations, FreePBX is the way to go.
>>
> Jeff,
>
> Be sure to check out Elastix, http://www.elastix.org/.  Like 'PBX in a
> flash' it bundles FreePBX but it also includes other things like
> openfire for Instant Messaging.  It is trivial to get openfire
> integrated with Asterisk to provide computer and telephone presence.
> The fax integration is straight forward as well.  It certainly isn't
> perfect but a great solution for the right business.
>
> We install Elastix on Atom boxes that cost about $400, the customer
> usually has a PRI or analog trunks and we have had much better
> experiences with Digium cards than external adapters.  Use soft phones
> and startup is very inexpensive.
>
> If you want to have some fun (using fun very loosely), put micro
> elastix, http://uelastix.org/, on a rev B raspberry pi.  There is a
> bug that it only recognizes 256MB of RAM but very cool that you can
> get it running for less than $55 inclusive.
>
> -Matt
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