From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 8 11:06:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AE3A16A4D4 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:06:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.lambertfam.org (www.lambertfam.org [216.223.208.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F3A43FF2 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:05:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: by mail.lambertfam.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 3E11E34D6C; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:05:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:05:35 -0500 From: Scott Lambert To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031208190534.GB70103@www.lambertfam.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <1070830338.2103.1.camel@home.wsnet.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1070830338.2103.1.camel@home.wsnet.co.za> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: Billing System X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:06:26 -0000 On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 10:52:18PM +0200, Dave Johnson wrote: > Can anyone recommend an Accounting / Billing System for ISPs My favorite so far is BillMax. Runs on FreeBSD, uses lots of standard *nix stuff that you are used to supporting. Completely web interfaced, ie. use it from anywhere and get your work done. Getting custom reports is easy enough if you have an SQL capable programmer on staff. My current system is Platypus. I pretty much hate it from the sysadmin perspective after having gotten accustomed to how nicely BillMax worked. I do realize that many of my issues with Platypus are related to the less than complete way in which the former technical staff here implemented it. I still have a lack of confidence in any product which sits on top of Windows. But that's a personal predudice. If you just want opensource, freside might be an option. I have no experience with it, but at least it has my two favorite features of BillMax, web interface and runs on *nix. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org