FreePBX on VPS
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@Dashrender said:
@jt1001001 said:
I've been toying with the idea of a PBX on cloud myself using Digital Ocean. NerdVittles has a write up on FreePBX on that platform. http://nerdvittles.com/?p=17205
i thought DO had their own documentation for that too?
Nope, only me. Even NerdVittles doesn't have it, that's something else.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@fuznutz04 said:
I've been reading up on Linode, Backspace, Vultr, and DO. Ideally, the ability to upload my own ISO (the FreePBX distro ISO) would be the easiest, but I am open to other options as well.
Almost no one allows ISO uploads, that's pretty rare and it pretty much rules out some of the best providers because they use Xen which is makes ISO uploads often impossible.
We use Rackspace and Digital Ocean for PBX handling and both have been good. We've been on RS for a very long time for that. But it is expensive these days.
The custom ISO upload feature in combination with snapshots, is a killer offering from Vultr. I can download an ISO directly from a website, install the server, make all of the customization that I want, snapshot it, and redeploy when necessary. From what I've found so far, they are win/win.
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@scottalanmiller 100% correct kind sir, I withdraw my previous comments. I unfortunately have fallen for the ponzi scheme that is cloudatcost (luckily out only a few bucks) so I will be looking at other providers for my test bed
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@jt1001001 Check out @vultr, you will be quite pleased I think
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@jt1001001 said:
@scottalanmiller 100% correct kind sir, I withdraw my previous comments. I unfortunately have fallen for the ponzi scheme that is cloudatcost (luckily out only a few bucks) so I will be looking at other providers for my test bed
Most of us fell victim to that, I'm afraid.
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@fuznutz04 Vultr still working well for you?
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@aaronstuder said:
@fuznutz04 Vultr still working well for you?
Yes, so far so good. I still didn't assign any numbers to the PBX yet for testing, but that's on the plan for this week. Then I can check voice quality.
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@fuznutz04 said:
@aaronstuder said:
@fuznutz04 Vultr still working well for you?
Yes, so far so good. I still didn't assign any numbers to the PBX yet for testing, but that's on the plan for this week. Then I can check voice quality.
You can do that with just extensions. No need to hook to the PSTN to test that. Actually that's a bad test as you are testing many unknowns then, extension to extension is the best test of the PBX itself.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@fuznutz04 said:
@aaronstuder said:
@fuznutz04 Vultr still working well for you?
Yes, so far so good. I still didn't assign any numbers to the PBX yet for testing, but that's on the plan for this week. Then I can check voice quality.
You can do that with just extensions. No need to hook to the PSTN to test that. Actually that's a bad test as you are testing many unknowns then, extension to extension is the best test of the PBX itself.
Valid point Scott. Speaking of hooking up to PSTN, I've been using Vitelity and have had a good experience so far. Their support seems to be good and they are very helpful in assisting to diagnose problems. In previous roles, I've used NexVortex. Would anyone like to share their experience with either of those 2 SIP providers?
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We have worked with both on behalf of clients. Honestly you will have issues with your provider at some point big guns included. So make sure your support channel is good.
Vitelity: Their support documentation isn't the greatest. However their Support themselves is very responsive and knowlegeable. We have been able to solve most problems very quickly.
NexVortex: Constant Outages on the East Coast. 2-3 hours before you can get someone to answer the phone for support call, 4 days was the average for emails. Once you finally did get support you got someone reading a script that couldn't think their way out of a paper bag.
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voip.ms is good and we've had good luck with VoicePulse.
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@Minion-Queen said:
We have worked with both on behalf of clients. Honestly you will have issues with your provider at some point big guns included. So make sure your support channel is good.
Vitelity: Their support documentation isn't the greatest. However their Support themselves is very responsive and knowlegeable. We have been able to solve most problems very quickly.
NexVortex: Constant Outages on the East Coast. 2-3 hours before you can get someone to answer the phone for support call, 4 days was the average for emails. Once you finally did get support you got someone reading a script that couldn't think their way out of a paper bag.
I'd agree with your Vitelity comment. Their material is a bit lacking, but their support team is responsible and seems knowledgable.
The only problem I've had with NexVortex was choppy calls, but that always seemed to coincide with some sort of DOS attack at our COLO, which was evident on our firewall logs. I've never had to contact them for support, so I can't comment on that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
voip.ms is good and we've had good luck with VoicePulse.
Thanks, I'll check those guys out.
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@fuznutz04 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
voip.ms is good and we've had good luck with VoicePulse.
Thanks, I'll check those guys out.
I really like VoIP.ms for basic SIP trunks. Super cheap, but they have POPs all over the place so you can reduce latency as much as possible.
I have never had any support problems with them for existing service. Had issues with a port one time where i had messed up a number on initial paperwork and no one ever caught it. went months trying to get that port done before I found it.
VoicePulse used to be solid with support, but i had some bad experiences last year. Combined with only having a POP on the east coast and west coast, i quit using them.
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there is also ramnode
I've used them for 1+ years. great success with VOIP applications.
I'm aslso checking into vultr..
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Has anyone used Freepbxhosting.com? They are the approved host for FreePBX in the USA.
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@fuznutz04 said:
Has anyone used Freepbxhosting.com? They are the approved host for FreePBX in the USA.
Is it me, or are the prices a bit high? I see their packages come with a few modules tossed in, but the higher cost will quickly pay for those.
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@Dashrender said:
@fuznutz04 said:
Has anyone used Freepbxhosting.com? They are the approved host for FreePBX in the USA.
Is it me, or are the prices a bit high? I see their packages come with a few modules tossed in, but the higher cost will quickly pay for those.
Extremely pricey for a PBX.
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
@fuznutz04 said:
Has anyone used Freepbxhosting.com? They are the approved host for FreePBX in the USA.
Is it me, or are the prices a bit high? I see their packages come with a few modules tossed in, but the higher cost will quickly pay for those.
Extremely pricey for a PBX.
Of course, they are selling it based on being instantly provisioned, I'm assuming a custom Image was created for these deployments, etc.
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Correct, they are instantly provisioned and come with SysAdminPro and EndPoint Manager (commercial module) which is pretty nice, but not THAT great of a selling point. The benefit that I see so far with them is that they have the knowledge to support FreePBX if needed. Contrasted to other VPS providers that will only support the VPS, FreePBXHosting will help to solve problems with FreePBX and Asterisk.
