For those of you who are interested in an open source VoIP PBX but don’t have the time or desire to build your own Asterisk box, Fonality is releasing the Trixbox Appliance. Trixbox is the new name for Asterisk@Home, the platform we currently run at church. Asterisk@Home 2.7 is working well for us, although we do look forward to upgrading soon so that we can take advantage of the new features in trixbox.

Pricing runs from $999 for a base VoIP only appliance to $3,199 for an enterprise unit with support for two T1s.

trixbox Appliance

Digium, the creater of Asterisk, is also releasing a smaller appliance, designed for 2 to 50 users. The standard (development) kit is going for $2,195.

Digium Asterisk Appliance