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Re: Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX

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freepbx vs fusionpbx? explain please

Freepbx, Fusionpbx uses Freeswitch. This is built for Asterisk but there is nothing stopping from setting a SIP trunk from Freeswtich to Asterisk box to make use of Agents like this user did https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk/...

can you please give me an explanation of the two though ?

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX

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There was a window between the early 2000s and the late 2010s when self-hosted telephony made sense. But these days, there are so many cheap commercial services that it is almost impossible to justify the cost of maintaining your own voice infrastructure. Moreover, the proliferation of spam / scam calls has tarnished the perception phone interactions so much that most people avoid them at all costs.

And the few people who do still use the phone absolutely, unequivocally do not want to talk to an AI voice agent ever.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX

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There was a window between the early 2000s and the late 2010s when self-hosted telephony made sense. But these days, there are so many cheap commercial services that it is almost impossible to justify the cost of maintaining your own voice infrastructure. Moreover, the proliferation of spam / scam calls has tarnished the perception phone interactions so much that most people avoid them at all costs. And the few peopl…

I set up Asterisk systems for a few small businesses in the mid-2000's (5 to 50 extensions.) It was seriously fun working with that stuff. These days I'll do almost anything to avoid phone calls.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX

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There was a window between the early 2000s and the late 2010s when self-hosted telephony made sense. But these days, there are so many cheap commercial services that it is almost impossible to justify the cost of maintaining your own voice infrastructure. Moreover, the proliferation of spam / scam calls has tarnished the perception phone interactions so much that most people avoid them at all costs. And the few peopl…

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Re: Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX

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post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Freepbx, Fusionpbx uses Freeswitch. This is built for Asterisk but there is nothing stopping from setting a SIP trunk from Freeswtich to Asterisk box to make use of Agents like this user did https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk/...

can you please give me an explanation of the two though ?

Freepbxx built on Asterisk primarily for single orgs whereas Fusionpbx is built on freeswitch designed for multi tenant and carrier grade deployments. Is that what you were looking for or something more specific in relation to this project ?
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