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On 8 13 , 10 35 , "Henry Hooray"
<yri6tu...@sneakeLEAVETHISOUTmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> An IT friend of mine gave me the cover disk from a magazine he received, and
> on it is 3CX Phone System 3, which claims to be "Complete phone PBX in
> software!".
>
> Does anybody - preferably with experience of this piece of software - know
> if this is any good?
>
> TIA[/color]

3CX Phone System for Windows is a software-based IP PBX that replaces
a traditional proprietary hardware PBX / PABX. 3CX's IP PBX has been
developed specifically for Microsoft Windows and is based on the SIP
standard - making it easier to manage and allowing you to use any SIP
phone (software or hardware). A software-based IP PBX / PABX offers
numerous benefits:

No need for separate phone wiring - phones use computer network
Easier to install & manage via web-based configuration interface
A software-based IP PBX is far less expensive then a hardware-based
PBX / PABX
Employees can move offices without requiring any changes in the wiring
or IP PBX configuration
Choose from the many SIP based hardware phones instead of getting
locked in with one vendor
Receive & Make calls via the standard PSTN using VOIP Gateways
Save on call costs using any SIP VOIP service or WAN

On 15 Aug, 01:49, "Rob" <nob...@this.place.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
> "Graham." <m...@privacy.com> wrote in message
>
> news:f9smfl$fik$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
>
>
>
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > Does anybody know if this 3CX software could be used to provide a[/color][/color]
> similar[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > service (on a personal and a few friends basis) to that provided by
> > > Voxalot?[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > I imagine it would need to be able to provide SIP registrar / redirect /
> > > and
> > > proxy server facilities to do as required above.[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > Rob[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
> > Wouldn't Asterisk do all that?[/color]
>
> I don't know. :-)
>
> Doesn't Asterisk need to be installed on a Linux box?
>
> I was hoping to be able to set something reasonably simple up to enable a
> handful of friends/family in Australia and Sweden (I am in the UK) to be
> able to use multiple VoIP accounts which at present they cannot do as their
> equipment is only capable of handling a single SIP registrar. As I see it,
> if they were able to register their devices on my "service", then providing
> some sort of dial-plan were available to them via that "service", it should
> be possible to achieve the intended outcome.
>
> Personally I use a DrayTek 2800VG which can handle 6 SIP registrars, but a
> few more would be welcome.
>
> Rob[/color]

I suggest you to try miniSipServer which is also a SIP server for
windows OS.

MSS is very easy; and I think you can setup your environment with MSS
almost in 1 minute!

dowload URL is:
[url]http://www.myvoipapp.com[/url]

"Hongtian" <hongtian.info@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1187168732.174921.281600@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>
> I suggest you to try miniSipServer which is also a SIP server for
> windows OS.
>
> MSS is very easy; and I think you can setup your environment with MSS
> almost in 1 minute!
>
> dowload URL is:
> [url]http://www.myvoipapp.com[/url][/color]

Thanks, I'll take a look at that also.

Rob

Rob wrote:[color=blue]
> Personally I use a DrayTek 2800VG which can handle 6 SIP registrars, but a
> few more would be welcome.
>[/color]

Snom320 and upwards can do 12.

Tim

Gordon Henderson wrote:[color=blue]
> Either 3CX or Asterisk ought to be able to do what you require - if you
> run them on a suitable PC at home. You then create your own closed VoIP
> system, and with Asterisk, you could certianly take their local SIP
> providers details and register the * box with them, to allow them to
> call-through to their own provider as well as calling the other local
> users, although you'd need to be careful to not let other users use other
> users SIP providers (and thus run up charges to the wrong person!) And
> everyone would need to trust you with their SIP username & passwords
> for their own providers - trust you to not abuse them and run up their
> bills, etc.[/color]

And it would also only be as reliable as your home internet connection,
for remote users.



Tim

Rob wrote:[color=blue]
> Thanks for the comments, it sounds like it might be possible from what you
> say. Presumably if it is possible to redirect calls, the actual VoIP
> traffic itself will not be travelling via my PC and will therefore not
> suffer from excess delay by travelling from say, Australia to UK and back to
> Australia again for an internal Australian call.
>[/color]

That depends very much on how the software works. Whether it is more
SIP based (like SER) or more pbx based (like asterisk).


As Gordon pointed out, you'll probably end up carrying the RTP (audio)
for natted users. So you will need some Qos on your line, or your
friends will be complaining everytime you do a big upload.

Tim

Just to say thanks for all the answers, and the interesting discussion.

Henry.

"Henry Hooray" <yri6tus02@sneakeLEAVETHISOUTmail.com> wrote in message
news:5ib8jbF3nsfuaU1@mid.individual.net...[color=blue]
> An IT friend of mine gave me the cover disk from a magazine he received,
> and on it is 3CX Phone System 3, which claims to be "Complete phone PBX in
> software!".
>
> Does anybody - preferably with experience of this piece of software - know
> if this is any good?
>
> TIA[/color]

Rob wrote:
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>
> "Graham." <me@privacy.com> wrote in message
> news:f9smfl$fik$1@registered.motzarella.org...[/color]
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>> > I imagine it would need to be able to provide SIP registrar / redirect
>> > / and proxy server facilities to do as required above.[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Wouldn't Asterisk do all that?[/color]
>
> I don't know. :-)
>
> Doesn't Asterisk need to be installed on a Linux box?[/color]

Yes, but a Linux box can be the size of a router, or it can fill an entire
room. It is possible to run Asterisk on an OpenWRT router that will run
24x7 without consuming anywhere near as much power as a PC. The downside is
that it won't be as capable as a full blown PC running linux.

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