What is SIP trunking?

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Published on 2010-04-01T04:57:23Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 6:33 UTC
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Can someone explain to me in plain English what SIP trunking is, please? I've read about it on Google, but I don't really grasp it yet. Does it allow a VoIP call to be placed outside of the LAN? So if you had Asterisk setup as the PBX, then IP calls could be made outside of the network? Am I close or am I just saying stupid words?

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