[Asterisk-biz] $19.95/mo unlimited US IAX termination

[Brian West]

FYI iax works behind ultramonkey with sticky sessions....

NEXT!!!

/b

On Apr 7, 2005, at 1:26 PM, alex at pilosoft.com wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Herman Webley wrote:
>
>>>> We prefer that you run a version of Asterisk that supports IAX
>>>> transfers.  Our service offering is a combination of pstn
>>>> connectivity we have and wholesale termination we have purchased
>>>> from other providers.
>>> In my opinion, if you are buying 'wholesale iax termination', you 
>>> have
>>> already lost.
>> May I ask why?
>
> Because there are no large carriers that buy/sell IAX termination. 
> None of
> softswitches support IAX - so you end up with someone who is
> ghetto-rigging a cluster of 50 asterisk boxes to try to load-balance
> traffic. Not to say it wouldn't work - but you need a very high amount 
> of
> clue to get it done right. And I think out of people on this list, 
> there's
> only one who can (jerjer). Everyone else just has a single asterisk box
> and a PRI from a carrier (in the best case) or a single asterisk box 
> and
> SIP termination/origination from someone who has a PRI.
>
> When you are three times removed from the actual TDM PSTN connectivity,
> you are bound to lose.
>
> -alex
>
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