[asterisk-biz] satellite & voip providers

[Steve Totaro]

> 
> James Sharp a écrit :
> 
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Mark wrote:
> >
> >> monitors (leaving to the satellite and the return from the
satellite)
> >> That delay would apply that to voice packets both coming and going,
> >> and I really dont know how anyone could carry on a normal phone
> >> conversation under those circumstances..
> >
> >
> > I guess I should have qualified my entire question.  It was late and
I
> > was half-asleep.
> >
> > I work for a satellite company and we already have uplink facilities
> > and space segments on several satellites (Including Intelsat 701,
that
> > can see out into Africa and parts of the Middle East from our uplink
> > on the US East Coast).  I'm trying to get a feel for the market to
see
> > if its worth our time pursuing clients and customers in those areas
> > for voip termination.
> 
> I think, definitely. For VoIP, the perfect provider would be:
> 
> * Somebody who can give a block of static IP addresses (since NAT +
VoIP
> = pain).
> * Somebody who can give a symetrical, high speed burstable bandwith
for
> VoIP.
> * "Pay as you grow" invoicing, where the invoice depends on the amount
> of data which has been exchanged.
> 
> In other words, it would be nice to have a provider which offers
generic
> access with network contention but also has the option of giving high
> priority to certain type of traffic and bill for it accordingly.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel.

A full E1 in Senegal costs about $3,000 U$D a month.  I did not get an
official quote for VSAT but was told the prices were comparable.
Sonatel is the monopoly there for PSTN and I think if you want to do
VoIP, you will need to really grease someone's palm.

Thanks,
Steve