Pbxes.com?

[petkow]

Thanks bbob. I wonder how some of their competition is like. Compare Virtual PBX Services | Virtual PBX, RingCentral, GotVmail | PBXCompare.com

Briefly... I have one short question. I know cloud based computing is generally better but how easy would it be to put together your own dedicated callback server sat in your home? I mean most of us have broadband at home, and leaving a machine sat switched on under your desk doesn't seem like too much of a problem. Could this be set up fairly easily in Asterisk or even another dedicated PC/linux based application?

[DRNewcomb]

Originally Posted by petkow

Thanks bbob. I wonder how some of their competition is like. Compare Virtual PBX Services | Virtual PBX, RingCentral, GotVmail | PBXCompare.com

Thanks. That's a pretty good explanation of what virtual PBX does.

[bbob]

Originally Posted by petkow

Thanks bbob. I wonder how some of their competition is like. Compare Virtual PBX Services | Virtual PBX, RingCentral, GotVmail | PBXCompare.com

Briefly... I have one short question. I know cloud based computing is generally better but how easy would it be to put together your own dedicated callback server sat in your home? I mean most of us have broadband at home, and leaving a machine sat switched on under your desk doesn't seem like too much of a problem. Could this be set up fairly easily in Asterisk or even another dedicated PC/linux based application?

Nice site but when I see the solutions they all seem to come with outbound calling and you can't setup your own outbound provider. Many pbxes are doing this thus limiting you. When you need is just a pbx where you can setup any provider. pbxes.com does have this.

Yes you can setup a small server at home to do the job. But be carefull and check your energy bill. Say your server eats 50 watt per hour = 1.2 kw per day = 438 kw per year. This can cost you 40-60 euro on energy alone. Than writeof of hardware.

But if you only want to use it as callback, trixbox is an open and there are many more open source astersik based solutions you can setup. Asterisk itself is not very user freindely. Trixbox asterisk@home or elastix are a better choice

You are than also not limited to 3 callback numbers like pbxes.com is doing.
downside you need to spent some time setting it up and do some security settings so the system is not hacked.

[petkow]

Originally Posted by bbob

Yes you can setup a small server at home to do the job. But be carefull and check your energy bill. Say your server eats 50 watt per hour = 1.2 kw per day = 438 kw per year. This can cost you 40-60 euro on energy alone. Than writeof of hardware.

Good point about energy consumption. That's something we never really think about these days! I recently have also been switching the router off while leaving the house, so there would be the cost of that to take into consideration as well.

Anyhow, I think I have an old laptop that can be used for this.. though they're not really designed for continuous operation. It only draws around 15W, though with the CRT off, it will draw even less. In any case, that should draw less than 100 KWh per year and therefore bring the cost down to less than 10 euros/year!

I think the Americans on this forum will be able to confirm that they pay considerably less per kWh than us Europeans.