Appendix B. The History Of FreeSWITCH
In order to properly explain the origin of FreeSWITCH we have to go back to the time before we even had the idea to write it. The VoIP revolution really began to take shape at the turn of the century with the creation of both the Asterisk PBX and OpenH323. Both of these pioneering software packages enabled many developers to have access to VoIP resources without paying for a costly commercial solution. This led to many new innovations in both projects, and the rapid spread of the evidence that true usability of IP telephony did indeed exist.
I first got involved in the industry in 2002, when my company at the time was selling outsourced technical support and we needed a way to manage the calls and send the ...
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