Category: VoIP

This blog post will explain how to create a customer in a2billing. A customer is the same as a calling card. There is an option to make the calling card a prepaid or postpaid one. That can be chosen in the payment type option. Most calling cards sold on the…

This blog post will explain how to use text to speech functionality with FreePBX. One of the first things that needs to be done is to add a text to speech engine. In the FreePBX dashboard click settings and then click text to speech engines. At that section click add…

This blog post will explain how to route calls to a PBX. Whenever an incoming call comes in through a SIP provider, they need to know where to send it to. Two methods of routing calls is SIP registration and host based routing. SIP registration allows a phone system to…

This blog post will explain how to fix the .htaccess file issue in Freepbx. Changes that are made to FreePBX sometimes results in the .htaccess file being deleted or corrupted. That is when the FreePBX framework needs to be reinstalled. Fwconsole is a command line tool that can do that….

This blog post will explain how much bandwidth is used for VoIP calls. VoIP is a technology that allows someone to make or receive calls over the Internet. Audio that is generated from one side of a VoIP call is broken up into packets of digital information. That digital information…

This blog post will explain what a VoIP software switch is. VoIP software switches can be classified as class 4 and 5 software switches. Software switches can be used as a VoIP server. It is a node in a telecommunications network that handles the connection from one phone number to…

This blog post will explain what direct inward dialing is. Direct inward dialing is a service offered by an Internet telephony service provider to route incoming calls to an extension on a PBX. The need for connecting a physical line into the PBX for each user is eliminated by using…