One Minute Wonder: It’s Incredible PBX for Proxmox 7
What a difference a decade makes! We haven’t spent much time with Proxmox for well over a decade so we decided to experiment with a new server and the latest Proxmox 7.4 release to see how things have...
View ArticleOur Favorite All-You-Can-Eat Deals in Cyberspace
Let’s begin with a mea culpa. We’ve been wrong on a few all-you-can-eat deals over the years including the CloudAtCost switcheroo, the Google Voice fiasco, and a few other cloud provider implosions....
View ArticleInterconnecting Incredible PBX Servers with PJsip
Much has been made of the lack of multi-tenant functionality with Asterisk® and FreePBX®. Today we’ll show you how to interconnect as many Asterisk servers as you like and make transparent calls...
View ArticleThe Ultimate LTE Modem Router: Introducing Cudy LT500D
It’s hard to get too excited when talking about routers, but the Cudy LT500D is something special. That’s because it’s not just a router. It’s also a 4G LTE modem. That means, when you snap in a SIM...
View ArticleA New Incredible PBX 2027 Image for the Raspberry Pi
Are you looking for a powerful and affordable VoIP phone system for your home or small business? Incredible PBX 2027 is the perfect solution especially when tied to an inexpensive platform such as the...
View ArticleBuilding a Dirt-Cheap Communications Platform with VoIP
There are literally thousands of options when you finally ditch your landline and stagger into the VoIP world. We’re often asked, "What would you recommend if price was the major criteria?" Our...
View ArticleSummer Break: Catching Up on Nerd Vittles Happenings
Nerd Vittles has been churning out technology articles for well over a decade. And, while you’re enjoying your time off this summer, we thought you might enjoy catching up on some of our most-read...
View ArticleAdding Incredible PBX Goodies & More to VitalPBX 4
As continued use of FreePBX® becomes more and more precarious because of deprecated components and looming incompatibility with Asterisk® 21, the appeal of 3CX and VitalPBX as a VoIP platform becomes...
View ArticleMeet the $500 Multi-Purpose Powerhouse: The Acer Aspire 5
We review lots of hardware and numerous operating systems, but none come close to this steal from Amazon for under $500. The Acer Aspire 5 comes in many flavors at many price points. But, if loads of...
View ArticleVirtualBox Wonder: It’s Incredible PBX 2027-D for Debian 11
If you’re new to the VoIP world and want to kick the tires to see what you’re missing, then today’s one minute setup is for you. You can purchase a $1 a month phone number in your choice of area codes...
View ArticleIntroducing Incredible PBX 2027 for LXC Linux Containers
We introduced Zorin OS in our recent review of the latest Acer Aspire 5 notebook PC. If you’ve never heard of Zorin, it’s probably the best desktop operating system available. While it is Linux-based,...
View ArticleZero-Day Vulnerabilities Compromise All FreePBX Systems
If you’re a user of Asterisk® and FreePBX®, the DEFCON 31 Conference in Las Vegas did not disappoint this year. It exposed not one but three critical, unpatched vulnerabilities in affected...
View ArticleWhat A Steal: Host Unlimited Email Domains for Life
In these inflationary times, it’s always refreshing to find a technology solution that has actually decreased in price. To combat spam, hosting providers including Comcast and Spectrum have made it...
View ArticleFaxing Returns for Incredible PBX 2027 Platforms
As you may know, the introduction of Rocky 8, Debian 11, Ubuntu 22.04, and PHP 7.4 blew our HylaFax/AvantFax/IAXmodem faxing solution out of the water leaving all of the Incredible PBX 2027 builds with...
View ArticleVirtualization Trifecta: $500 Buys a Perfect Hosting Platform
We’ve been raving about Zorin OS 16 last month as the best desktop operating system available. And today we combine it with a $500 MiniPC to provide not one, but three, virtualization platforms with a...
View ArticleIncredible ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence For Your Phone
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you already know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives. The reasons are fairly obvious. AI can process and...
View ArticleVoIP Messaging and The Golden Rule with Incredible PBX
If you want to continue to use SMS and MMS messaging on your VoIP platform, then today’s navigation guide is worth a careful read. Suffice it to say, this is what happens when the feds shirk their...
View ArticleDeploying a Free Turnkey Phone System
To say the New Year is ushering in a scaled back constituency for self-managed telephony systems would be an understatement. Much of this migration can be traced directly to the proliferation of cell...
View ArticleA Cloud-Based Asterisk PBX: 0 to $5/Mo.
In our last post, we catalogued the various ways to deploy an Asterisk® PBX using existing Windows, Mac, or Linux desktop hardware. But that solution isn’t ideal for everyone especially if you’re...
View Article5 Minute PBX With Any Virtual Machine
For those with an existing virtual machine platform either at home or at the office, today is your lucky day. We have an Incredible PBX image for VirtualBox, VMware, Proxmox, Windows WSL, Mac UTM, and...
View ArticleIntroducing OSS Endpoint Manager for FreePBX 16 & Incredible PBX 2027
If you’ve been searching for a free, open source provisioning system for your SIP telephones and you’re using Incredible PBX 2027 or other FreePBX® 16 platforms, your prayers have been answered thanks...
View ArticleIncredible VMware Deal: Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro Free for Personal Use
In case you missed it, Broadcom purchased VMware® from Dell in late 2023 for $61 billion. While pricing for commercial licenses went up, the good news for hobbyists is that Broadcom immediately...
View ArticleIntroducing Incredible PBX 2024 with Asterisk 21 and FreePBX 17
We don’t often celebrate New Year’s Day in August, but 2024 is different. And the hits keep coming thanks to the yeoman’s work of Joe McConnaughey, aka @kenn10. We finally have a new Incredible PBX...
View ArticleIntroducing Incredible PBX 2025 with Asterisk 22 and FreePBX 17
We’re two weeks late, but here’s a belated Happy New Year 2025 with an all-new Incredible PBX release. And we’re two days early celebrating the 20th birthday of Nerd Vittles. The good news is the hits...
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