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<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all, I was
wondering if I could ask for some help. I am new to Asterisk and have
spent time reading the wiki, searching archives and lurking around, but the
time has come for me to come out of the closet so-to-speak and seek out some
answers. Apologies if this has been adressed before on the
list.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basically I am
looking to strart up a conference bridge service. I am looking to offer
the same type of features that the biggies like AT&T offer including
reservation and reservationless conferences, conference recording, web control,
dial-out capability, etc. I have a basic installation of Asterisk
installed and have been playing around with the meetme functionality. It's
pretty good, but would need to be extended in order to meet many of my
needs. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm trying to figure
out whether to go the buy vs. build route right now. I know there is one
vendor, Indosoft (<A href="http://www.indosoft.com">http://www.indosoft.com</A>)
that makes an add-on to * for more full featured conferencing
functionality. I was wondering if there are any others out there who do
the same? I was also curious if there are any other commercial
service-provider type conferencing bridge services out there that people know of
on *?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Secondly, once I get
my ducks in a row with regard to s/w, I need to make a decision on incoming
service. I figure the options are to go with quad T-1's to one or
more 1U boxes or to do SIP termination and have no hard telco connections at
all. I know the SIP route would be less expensive, but I'm worried about
quality. I would be hosting these boxes in a tier-1 facility with multiple
ISP connections on a fast backbone so I know my end would be pretty good, but I
was curious if anyone had any thoughts on this from a performance/quality
standpoint. Am I being unrealistic to think that I can launch a commercial
service targeted to businesses using only SIP?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lastly, on the
subject of SIP termination, I am looking to get ballpark pricing for incoming
8XX service using SIP termination. I guess I would need one or more 8XX
DID's, but I'm not sure how it works with regard to incoming capacity.
Obviously with T-1's, you can fill up the number of 64K channels you have
available, but I'm thinking it's more bandwidth oriented with SIP? Do I
get a certain number of incoming connections for a certain cost or does it not
matter since with toll-free service it's based on pricing per minute so the
number of inbound calls in unlimited? Also, any recommendations on
providers for this type of service?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance
for any help advice you guys can give me!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=849490815-21112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Jonathan</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>