[asterisk-biz] VoIP Provider

[Miles Scruggs]

That would beg the question what is a Tier 1 carrier when referring to  
voice?  It really is only widely accepted as defined for IP networks  
only.  If you want a short list of large companies that recognize  
other large companies enough to setup electronic CSR exchange  
information for automated LNP then that is a short list:

AT&T
Verizon
Bell South (which I think maybe AT&T I'm not sure)
Qwest

If you change your definition to include carriers that have their own  
"large" network then you need to start to include carriers like:

Level 3
Global Crossings
Sprint
XO

and the list would just dribble on into infinity until you decide your  
own arbitrary flavor of what Tier 1 means for you in the voice world.

Someone more versed that I will probably correct me but I believe that  
those on that top list are the ILECs and all others are CLECs, but  
that is just me speculating from lack of knowledge.

Miles

On Jun 24, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Tom Moore wrote:

> Where can I get a list of Tier 1 carriers?
>
> Tom
>
>
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> ] On Behalf Of Moshe Maeir
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:48 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion; Steve Totaro
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] VoIP Provider
>
> Steve,
> Just wondering why you are going with the Tier 2 and 3 guys. While I  
> have heard only positive things about both Junction Networks and  
> Teliax, if you have the volume traffic and do not need their value  
> added services, why don't you go directly with one of the Tier 1  
> carriers?
>
> Would cost you definitely less...
>
> Moshe

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