The Open Source PBXAndrew Mitry

Director of TechnologySt. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Fairfax, VA

What is ?Complete PBX in software.

Runs VoIP, digital and analog interconnections.

Provides voicemail, conferencing, IVR, call queuing.

Supports all the common phone features (caller ID, 3-way).

My Background

•Industrial and System Engineering / Construction.

•SMB IT Contracting.

•Telecom – Worked at Winstar delivering voice & data.

•SMB/Non-Profit Consulting.

•Started full time at St. Mark 5 years ago.

Blog – anchorite.org (ppt available for download)

St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church

•Coptic = Egypt.

•Founded in Egypt by the Apostle Mark in the year 70 AD.

•Church in Fairfax, VA established 1977.

•Approx 1,500 Weekend Attendance.

•LFCS - K3-8th Grade Non Denominational School

•120 Clients, 12 Servers, 60 Phones

Top ten reasons to use # 10 Created a competitive market.

# 9 Simple to try with a bootable ISO or VMware.

# 8 Runs on almost anything, even a Linksys WRT546.

# 7 Simple to administer – web interface/command line.

# 6 Active developer and partner community.

Top ten reasons to use # 5 Security and Bug Fixes released quickly.

# 4 Flexibility – simple or complex configurations.

# 3 Open platform for hardware and software.

# 2 Open Source.

# 1 FREE (Low cost – depending on hardware).

Our adventure with • Nortel Norstar Hybrid PBX

• System completely maxed out (30 phones).

• Programming auto attendant trees a nightmare.

• Voicemail box limited to two ports.

• New hybrid “key” systems running $15k+ to replace.

Our adventure with • Began testing Asterisk 5 years ago.

• VoIP phone selection limited.

• Administration via command line/config files.

• 2 years later – Asterisk starts to matures.

• Linksys launches low cost quality VoIP phones.

• Asteriskathome (TrixBox) simplifies install/admin.

Our adventure with • New Asterisk Server - 3 years ago

• Asteriskathome 2.7 (Now Trixbox)

• 40 Linksys SPA-941 VoIP Desk Phones

• Digium TE205P Dual T1 PCI Card

• Total Cost - $5,000

Major Distributions• Digium – Creators of Asterisk.

• AsteriskNOW.• SwitchVOX.

• Fonality.• Trixbox.

• Voiceroute Druid.

Hardware Vendors• Digital and Analog Interconnects

• Digium – Creators of Asterisk.• Sangoma.• Most standards based equipment.

Hardware Vendors• VoIP Hardware

• Aastra• Cisco• Linksys• PolyCom• Almost any SIP compliant device.

Resources• #citrt• Justin Moore – wantmoore.com• Jon Edmiston - churchcrosstalk.typepad.com• Voip-info.org Wiki• Asterisk.org• My blog – anchorite.org

Resources• Asterisk Gathering in Atlanta

• Friday, April 25, 2:00 at First Baptist• Justin Moore and Jeffrey Thompson• Paetec Visit• Saturday - Atlanta Asterisk User Group• Details at tonydye.net

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