[asterisk-biz] Slightly OT - Covad VOA

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

I'm 11 miles from the CO, which is rather depressing when I read about 
products like this.  Sounds pretty cool, however.

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

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