VOIP is an area that I have a strong interest. Asterisk and Freeswitch are two of my favorite pieces of software and I am always looking for ways in which they can save me some money. I have not been able to get my hands on low power hardware which has always been a deal breaker for me. With the cost of electricity being what it is in Jamaica leaving your gear on 24×7 is just not an option.

I came across www.pbxes.org which has a free account. The free service gives you 2000 minutes monthly.

This is a nice way to test out asterisk. So far I have configured one (free) trunk from www.ipkall.com. I have configured my Linksys SPA 3002 ATA and I am now enjoying free calls from the US. Yea!!!

Trunk
Trunk ipkall