VPS to run FreePBX Distro

ddoonie

Good day all!

Being that Black Friday is approaching, now seems to be the right time to secure another VPS. I'm looking into getting one to run FreePBX/Asterisk for all of my call routing purposes. I've read in various places that OpenVZ should work fine, and I should aim for around 512MB.

So question for you all is who would you recommend for a VPS in the $20/year or less range with 512MB, 10gb storage, solid reputation, and ideally a location on the US East Coast - Florida (ideally) to New York. Needs the ability to run a custom OS - FreePBX Distro.

Any insight, comments, suggestions, and recommendations are more than welcome.

Thank you!

busbr

@vapornode should be able to help you. They do Tampa.

vapornode

@busbr Thanks!

@ddoonie We can definitely help you here! Feel free to contact us via ticket, chat, phone, or PM me here for a custom plan to suit your requirements.

simonindia

@Ishaq

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racksx

Hi there,

OpenVZ isn't the good option to run FreePBX, you need 100% KVM Virtualization, do not forget openvz is a shared resources environment, with KVM you might get 100% dedicated resources.

ddoonie

Thanks everyone. I'll be reaching out to people shortly. @racksx I've read this previously, but also that OpenVZ works fine as long as you don't plan on needing DAHDI as it's not supported. Any other reasons you know of?

Awmusic12635

OpenVZ works fine. We host many PBX customers on our openvz services. Xivo seems to be preferred.

Example:
http://nerdvittles.com/?page_id=18299

http://pbxinaflash.com/community/threads/impact-vps-as-wable-replacement.19406/#post-121532

ddoonie

I had read about Xivo too. Seems to integrate with Twilio without issue as well. Thanks @Awmusic12635

ddoonie

In case anyone was interested, there is also a new player - https://www.ombutel.com

I may stick with FreePBX for it's massive user base and contributors.

doughnet

@ddoonie said:
In case anyone was interested, there is also a new player - https://www.ombutel.com

Looks real good. Anyone know a cheap location to get an SIP or trunk to play with this some?

Also, anyone have a simple and easy tutorial on how to use an SIP or integrate/enable.

ddoonie

Twilio is what I plan on using.

http://www.freepbxhosting.com/blog/freepbx-twilio-sip-trunks/

elofty

tried xivo but it seems overly complicated to setup. Back to freepbx for me

doughnet

@ddoonie said:
Twilio is what I plan on using.

http://www.freepbxhosting.com/blog/freepbx-twilio-sip-trunks/

All the SIP trunks with twilio look to be per minute. Doesn't that add up to a lot?

ddoonie

Depends on your call volume. At half a cent a minute... That's like 100 hours of constant minutes being used for $30.00. My call volume is not significant at all, but hosting a bunch of phone numbers for tracking purposes is definitely worthwhile.