New Open Source VoIP PBX

dsginter writes "It looks like Asterisk isn't the only open source PBX game in town anymore. sipX, as the name implies, is a SIP-only PBX project released under the LGPL. A noteworthy feature is the inclusion of an out-of-the-box web-based management console. Read more about the release over at Voxilla."

Comments

Asterisk is also a gateway

[Anonymous Coward]

SIPx appears to be a PBX only, with no way to attach real phones. Asterisk's primary appeal is that it integrates POTS and SIP. Who uses SIP and SIP alone?

There's at least one other open source PBX

[SizL]

And it's PBX4Linux. http://isdn.jolly.de/

Jargon Buster

[Jack Taylor]

There seems to be some confusion over the acronyms on this topic, so I thought I would clarify some of them:

PBX: Private Branch Exchange - this is basically a computerised telephone switchboard, allowing even fairly small organisations to manage their own telephone networks at low cost.

SIP: Session Initiated Protocol - this is the protocol that is standard on most voice-over-IP devices.

COWBOYNEAL: Circulation Of Worthless Broadcasts Over Your Nearest External Authentication Location - this is a special extension to the voice-over-IP standard allowing fast delivery of esoteric technological news to compliant devices. It also has the convenient property of always being last on selection fields in the user interface.