Asterisk

WTF Sangoma

Posted Feb 7, 2025. ~8min read.

As Chris Sherwood said... Sangoma does not care about this community. So ask yourself then, why should you care about Sangoma? You should not. You should just leave.

Sangoma Continues to Disappoint

Posted Nov 5, 2024. ~3min read.

Sangoma chose to censor James Finstrom rather than address his concerns over the company's dedication to Open Source.

APIBAN now integrates with fail2ban

Posted Apr 12, 2024. ~1min read.

APIBAN now can add ip addresses directly to your favorite iptables jail. Geared mostly for freepbx, this solution provides the benefits of apiban data to the existing tools used.

Astricon 2024/ITEXPO

Posted Feb 7, 2024. ~1min read.

Astricon 2024, co-hosted with ITEXPO, will be held in February 2024. I will not be attending.

Sangoma Still Doesnt Get Open Source

Posted Mar 3, 2023. ~7min read.

After attending AstriCon 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, I am left with the conclusion that Sangoma still does not get open source... and worse yet... most likely do not care.

ITEXPO 2022

Posted Jul 6, 2022. ~1min read.

ITEXPO 2022 is done. Very brief summary of the event.

Thoughts on the Astricon 2023/ITEXPO announcemnent

Posted Jun 3, 2022. ~4min read.

Sangoma announces that Astricon 2023 will be co-located with ITEXPO in FTL in Feb 2023. My thoughts.

Astricon 2019 Thoughts

Posted Nov 1, 2019. ~4min read.

TL;DR A few weeks ago, I had some strong concerns over Sangoma’s stewardship of Asterisk and FreePBX. Since that post, Astricon showed that Sangoma definitely appreciates the open source VoIP community and I’m optimistic for the future.

I, along with 300+ others, attended Astricon 2019 during the last week of October in Atlanta, Georgia. This year’s Astricon differed dramatically from others — there was no expo hall, fewer presentations, fewer tracks.

Sangoma Doesn’t Get Open Source

Posted Sep 25, 2019. ~4min read.

So, earlier today (2019-09-24), Sangoma tweeted the following:

If you don’t know, just over a year ago, Sangoma acquired Digium, the creators of Asterisk (which Sangoma called “the most widely used open source communication software in the world”). Sangoma is also the owner of FreePBX, “the most widely deployed open source PBX platform in use across the world.”

Asterisk World 2018

Posted Jan 29, 2018. ~1min read.

Friends, this Valentine’s day you will find me in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the 2018 Asterisk World!

Sure, I could have chosen to help out at the bakery during this time… or even to spend Valentine’s Day with the Mrs… but this was an easy decision.