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Community access
Approved members can connect into the BAO PBX network and call other people in the community.
Powered by FreePBX
One community.
One PBX.
Global voice.
BAO PBX is a community-led phone system powered by FreePBX, built for approved people, groups, makers and small projects on a shared global voice network.
Important: BAO PBX is a community communications service. It is not a replacement for emergency calling, regulated telephone service, or business-critical telecoms.
What is BAO PBX?
A friendly, experimental community PBX built on FreePBX for people who like voice, phones, networks and having a real voice network without needing to run a full phone system themselves.
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Open globally
The project is global by design. The idea is simple: connect people through a shared community voice platform.
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Powered by FreePBX
FreePBX sits at the heart of the service, making it ideal for homelab users, makers, hobbyists and anyone interested in PBX, VoIP and internet telephony.
How it works
BAO PBX is kept member-managed, with FreePBX handling the core PBX features behind the scenes.
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Introduce yourself
New members share who they are, where they are based, and how they want to use the community PBX.
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Review
New members are checked manually to protect the network from abuse, spam and misuse.
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Provision
Once approved, you receive your SIP connection details and setup information.
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Connect
Use a softphone, desk phone or compatible SIP client to join the BAO PBX community.
Apply for BAO PBX access
Tell us who you are, where you are based, and how you want to use the community PBX. Applications are reviewed manually so the network stays useful, safe and protected from abuse.
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Community first. Abuse never.
BAO PBX is designed to be useful, fun and safe. Access can be refused, limited or removed where needed to protect the service and other users.
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Use BAO PBX respectfully and only for legitimate personal, community or project use.
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No harassment, nuisance calling, spam, fraud, robocalling, impersonation or illegal activity.
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Do not rely on BAO PBX for emergency calls, life-safety calls or business-critical communications.
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Keep your SIP credentials private and report any suspected compromise quickly.