[asterisk-biz] Checking Carrier Reliability?

[Douglas Garstang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Alex Pilosov
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 10:36 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Checking Carrier Reliability?
> 
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Douglas Garstang wrote:
> 
> > What techniques do people use for checking ITSP (IP->SIP) carrier
> > reliability?
> I use retards test.
> 
> If carrier's sales person sounds like a retard, I don't have to
evaluate
> their network reliability. Similarly, if I ask them a technical
question
> and I get a "uhhh" answer, that's good enough.
> 
> It's much easier to evaluate people than network.

I don't agree with that. Level 3's sales and tech support people sound
like retards and they're a tier 1 carrier.

Doug.