[asterisk-biz] Slightly OT - Covad VOA

[Michael Young]

Excellent questions.

1) Yes, it is a real T-1, so it is a 4 hr response instead of a 24 hr
response. They do offer a similar product over SDSL, but we don't
recommend it since it could be down 24 hours before repair, and we don't
want to have customers down that long.

2) Yes there is. Now I just have to find it... I'll email that to the
list on Thursday.

Michael

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To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
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Two things:

1) This is a real T1 loop and not something pushed over SDSL on a copper
pair? That is so important because the telco has to fix a T1 but when
the copper pair does not work for dsl provider has to order a new loop
and hope it works.

2) Is there a good SLA that goes with this?


Michael Young wrote:

>Actually, Covad has an interesting product that NetLogic resells that
>does give you voice priority over data. It is called VOA, and it is a
>T-1 with ATM encapsulation that has 2 PVCs, one for voice, one for
data.
>I have a white paper I can provide (request off-list if anyone is
>interested.) This product is only available from a few Covad
>Wholesalers.
>
>The VOA circuits come in four flavors, which are basically the sizes of
>the Voice PVC. You can have a 300kb, 700kb, 1100k, or 1500k Voice PVC.
>The data PVC is always 1500 Kb. So you have a full data T-1 at all
>times, but your voice gets prioritized, and handed directly off to the
>nearest Level3 peering point (which is great if you use a Level3 based
>VoIP service).
>
>We've banged on one of these in our lab and it works. You can kill the
>T-1 with data downloads and your voice sounds fine. 
>
>How does it know what is voice and what isn't? They assign you two sets
>of IP addresses. You give your Asterisk box an IP from the Voice block,
>and your firewall an IP from the Data block. There is also a VLAN setup
>you can do that I don't remember the details of off the top of my head.
>
>NetLogic Pricing (based on 24 month contract):
>
>VOA with 300 Kb Voice PVC -- $439 per month, $250 install fee.
>VOA with 700 Kb Voice PVC -- $449 per month, $250 install fee.
>VOA with 1100 Kb Voice PVC -- $459 per month, $250 install fee.
>VOA with 1500 Kb Voice PVC -- $469 per month, $250 install fee.
>
>Available in every CO that Covad has service in. We can offer 12 month
>terms (slightly more expensive) and 36 month terms (slightly less
>expensive). And we have an agency program that will pay you 10% of each
>month's bill if you sell this to your customer. (Or, if you buy one for
>yourself, you can usually get a 10% discount from me...)
>
>Michael Young
>NetLogic
>myoung*netlogic.net
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>Welter
>Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 8:42 PM
>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>Subject: [asterisk-biz] Slightly OT
>
>I need a data T1 for an office at the Fairmont hotel in Boston.  We'll 
>use this for both Internet access and VoIP telephony.  Can anyone do 
>this?  It will connect with an Asterisk PBX.
>
>If not, does anyone offer an integrated T1 with four voice channels and

>the rest data?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
>P.S.  Covad won't provide QoS on a data T1.
>
>  
>

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