PBX Tips

Are Your Calls Marked as Spam?

If you have noticed that your calls have been marked as spam or have been blocked by major mobile carriers such as AT&T, T-mobile or Verizon, please register your caller IDs on the following resource websites: Hiya (AT&T) 1st Orion (T-Mobile, Sprint) T-Mobile Call Reporting TNS (Verizon, U.S. Cellular) Other, less important, but helpful resources:

Searching for a string in Asterisk

If you wish to search for a certain string in Asterisk only (Example: only show carrier congestion), launch the Asterisk CLI along with the grep command, i.e.: asterisk -rvvvvv | egrep -i “string” Example (showing only congestion notices / errors) asterisk -rvvvvv | egrep -i “congested”

IncredbilePBX 13 No Audio / RTP Problem Fix

IncrediblePBX (beefed up FreePBX) is one of our favorite PBX distros. The version 13 by ingenious Ward Mundy is even better than its predecessors but it does have some drawbacks.  Regardless of if the installation is done ‘from scratch’ or from the ISO, many users report problems with no audio when iptables is running. Solution