[asterisk-biz] VoIP Provider

Mon Jun 23 22:20:09 CDT 2008

Steve,

I get what you're saying about TDM, but most providers are backhauling their 
traffic via VoIP anyway. What I mean to say is even if you have a PRI w/ 
some carrier they may very well be taking your traffic on that PRI and 
passing it along VoIP to complete the call.

/jon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Totaro" <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] VoIP Provider

> Maybe a bit of clarification about "Is it worth it?".
>
> I have always gone by the TDM to the outside world viewpoint.  You
> never know when that one call could be a huge opportunity calling and
> I think I will stay with that viewpoint for at least a PRI or two.
>
> I would hate to lose a deal because of crappy call quality or the call
> never even hitting my switch.  Sure, that could and has happened VERY
> rarely with TDM, I could count it on one hand with PRI on a circuit
> that has been turned up for a while and no change orders.
>
> At one point in a previous life, we were evaluating what call center
> to outsource our Spanish calls to.  One of the contenders setup a
> conference bridge and the quality was terrible, then some random woman
> got on the call and kept saying "hola, hola, hola".  This was a poor
> VoIP setup and made them look terrible.  At least use a solid TDM
> connection for initial sales calls.
>
> Well I have signed up with Junction for testing and got a call from a
> gentleman named Tim within minutes of signing up.  I already have a
> Vitelity account.  I will sign up for Teliax and others that have
> contacted me on and offlist.
>
> I will probably setup a regular and also random dialout loop routine
> using many of the various VoIP providers and use Emperix Hammer with
> ULAW, recording any outages and the quality of voice.
>
> I still have a month and a half before my PRIs renew for a year and
> now Qwest is offering month to month (only because I put in a
> disconnect order) which will give me more time as well.
>
> The proof will be in the testing.  15mb up and down business FIOS with
> little to no traffic on the link other than VoIP traffic and server
> maintenance.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Steve Totaro
> <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
>> Junction is a bit expensive (compared to others), the question is, are
>> they worth it?  Downtime or other issues?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve T
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Tim Panton <thp at westhawk.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I have been pretty happy with teliax.
>>> The only problems I have had are a _very_ occasional outage and a
>>> shortage of decent capacity to UK cell numbers at peak times.
>>>
>>> They have a neat feature which lets you interactively get the rate for
>>> a number via a REST web service.
>>>
>>> I liked junction, but they only deal with US busineses, which probably
>>> won't be a problem for you and indicates a robust attitude to
>>> business:-)
>>>
>>> If you have enough volume you might want to talk to paetech (spelling?).
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jun 18, 2008, at 22:10, "Steve Totaro" 
>>> <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com
>>>  > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gafachi gives 10 outbound and $32/channel one time fee up to 100,
>>>> beyond that, they want a wire transfer.  Poor deal.
>>>>
>>>> I will be looking at Teliax, Vitelity, and Junction Networks, any
>>>> reviews?
>>>>
>>>> This is going on a FIOS business 15mb up and down.  Bandwidth
>>>> shouldn't be an issues since nothing is really on this connection.
>>>> Latency and reliability are obviously key.
>>>>
>>>> I am breaking my no VoIP outside the LAN rule, let's see how it goes.
>>>>
>>>> It is time to either re-up on my PRIs for another year or go VoIP (or
>>>> both if I can get month to month)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Steve T
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Geoff Love <GLove at teliax.com> wrote:
>>>>> Teliax has a plan that will meet your needs. We call it the pay as
>>>>> you go
>>>>> plan and it can be set up with unlimited channels. Please visit
>>>>> Teliax.com
>>>>> and take a look at the Plans tab. It shows that we provide 10
>>>>> channels but
>>>>> we can easily expand that to unlimited.
>>>>>
>>>>> We charge for usage and any DID's that you choose.
>>>>>
>>>>> Teliax is now offering a revamped affiliate program too. Contact me
>>>>> offline
>>>>> and I can provide you with all of the details.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Geoff Love
>>>>> 303-629-8304
>>>>> Glove at teliax.com
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
>>>>> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve
>>>>> Totaro
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:49 PM
>>>>> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>>>>> Subject: [asterisk-biz] VoIP Provider
>>>>>
>>>>> I am looking for a good quality provider with good rates to the US
>>>>> and
>>>>> Canada.  My main concern is the number of simultaneous channels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gafachi has ten for outbound.  Is there a provider that has
>>>>> "unlimited" and just bases cost on call destination and duration?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Steve Totaro
>>>>>
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