[asterisk-biz] toll free - General VoIP Outages

[Al Bochter]

You can route a TF DID VoIP without a local DID
I don't see why you can't just use ulaw on that TF DID just as you would 
with a local DID

And YES you can route a TF to a VOIP DID that you can reroute at anytime.
You will pay the level price per min for that TF Number

I have about 140 TF Numbers that route to our Asterisk boxs
And I can call at anytime and change the ring to numbers on the TF Numbers

Yes I have 24 hour Emergency Call numbers with the provider. And I have 
made changes at 2:30 AM on a Sunday
But I do pay big bucks for my numbers.

But you have to understand why I have to do that. And pay the money.
When trunks go down I can't wait for the little VoIP provider to get 
hold of there provider to find out why the trunks are down.

I my case I can reroute a TF number to ANY number with a 5 Min phone 
call at anytime day or night.

In other words do you want to put all of eggs in one basket?
Or do you want a lower per min rate?

Best regards,

Al Bochter
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Michael Welter wrote:

> Ok, let's separate the toll-free issue from the number porting issue. 
> Is there a vendor that will provide a (new) toll-free number whereby 
> calls arrive on an existing DID number (on my existing PRI)?  Because 
> of voice recognition, I require uLaw (no compression) from the calling 
> telephone to my system.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Welter wrote:
>
>> I'm having a terrible time with Level3.  When they acquired ICG, they 
>> decided to increase the billing on my toll free numbers to 5¢/min. 
>> Level3 claims they can't "find my records" (but the bill arrives 
>> every month).  I will never, ever, do business future business with 
>> L3, but I'm still locked into a three year contract for the PRI.
>>
>> Can I port my toll free numbers to another vendor and have calls 
>> arrive on an existing DID number?  I'm doing voice recognition on the 
>> calls, so I need TDM (no compression) all the way from the caller to 
>> the PRI.  Is there a vendor that will do this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>