[asterisk-biz] Renting PRI gateways

[Jason Barnes]

Hi Chris,

You may try http://www.voiplogic.com. They are pretty easy to work with.

Kind regards,

Jason Barnes 

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On 2/26/09 3:00 PM, "Chris Bagnall" <lists at minotaur.cc> wrote:

> Greetings list,
> 
> I don't know if anyone out there already offers this service, or whether it's
> even a service others might be interested in.
> 
> Quite often when performing Asterisk installations, we need to port numbers
> from their existing telco. I don't know about elsewhere in the world, but here
> in the UK, that process usually takes around 3 weeks at best.
> 
> As most clients don't want to wait 3 weeks for their new system to be
> installed, and our reluctance to port numbers in advance of installation of
> the new system (because something usually goes wrong with porting - often the
> customer not providing all the required information, or providing inaccurate
> info), we usually end up with a scenario where calls continue to come in on
> their ISDN BRIs or PRIs until the porting date.
> 
> This leaves us with 2 options:
> 1) get the telco to forward calls that would have gone to the BRIs/PRIs to a
> temporary number we set up for the client
> 2) install a BRI/PRI card as appropriate into their server, assuming there is
> even a local server on-site
> 
> It occurred to me that in these situations, the ideal scenario would be to
> have a PRI->SIP/IAX gateway that could be "loaned" to the customer for the 3
> week period whilst numbers are being ported, thus ensuring continuity of
> service without either having to pay for an ISDN card (which would be unused
> after 3 weeks), or paying for call diverts at their old telco's prevailing
> rate.
> 
> Any thoughts? Anyone already offering this sort of service?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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