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Open source options for VoIP
The quickly evolving telecom world is turning out to be one the best sources of sustained growth for open source offerings.
In regards to conventional voice technology, open source software never posed a strong challenge, mainly because the “plain old telephone system” is locked into proprietary PBX bundles of hardward and software.
Lately, the VoIP option has been gaining serious ground, both with businesses and consumers. This huge shift towards IP-based networks lets open source developers apply their “open approach” to the world of communications.
Anyone with a little interest in the field of VoIP (at the office or… at home) can try out the finest solutions, that are currently made available, by installing and deploying the following open source initiatives:
- Asterisk – Its open source code was originally written by Mark Spencer so you may think of Asterisk as the Linux of VoIP.
- Digium – A company led by Mark Spencer (yep, the guy behind Asterik) that makes VoIP software.
- Pingtel – Asterisk’s rival open source platform for VoIP called SIPFoundry that closely adheres to SIP standards (they landed Amazon.com, as a customer).
- Fonality – Holds the key to older PBX systems by making Asterisk IP PBX-enabled, therefore taking aim at larger companies and entrenched vendors.
Many experts compare the rise of open source voice over internet protocol options in the business world to the widepsread adoption of Apache, for web servers. In both cases, uptime is critical and the Linux foundation has proved it’s “king of the hill” on that front.
Expect the adoption of these (and other) open source VoIP options to accelerate as more people learn about them.
Tags: open source, voip, linux, business world, apache, web servers, voice over internet protocol
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The telephone system we are using today still uses the legacy Tip and Ring -48 Volts line which is susceptible to noise.