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Chapter 1. Getting Started with the 3CX Phone System
Welcome to this book on the 3CX IP PBX software-based phone system. In this chapter, we'll take a look at what 3CX is and where 3CX fits in the big picture of modern phone systems. We'll do a couple of comparisons such as hardware-based phone systems versus software-based phone systems, Asterisk compared to Windows-based systems, and 3CX Free edition compared to 3CX Commercial edition. We will take a look at the major components of the 3CX Phone System and at what is not included in 3CX. We'll also discuss a bit about the company—3CX.
In this chapter, we will take a look at the following:
- About the 3CX company
- What the 3CX Phone System is
- Comparing hardware-based and software-based phone systems
- Asterisk versus Windows Phone System
- Major components of the 3CX Phone System
- Some characteristics of the 3CX Phone System
- What the 3CX Phone System is not