[Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse changes

[Jason Garland]

I started having problems with their IAX termination service last night. I
couldn't make any outbound calls but could receive inbound. I made the
changes to the configs that were e-mailed to me and now it is working
fine.

- Jason

> I'm a bit displeased at the way this happened.  I received an email from
> VoicePulse.  Here's some excerpts:
>
> ------------------
>>We're sending you this important update so you can take advantage of
> improvements we've
>>been making to your VoicePulse Connect! service.
>
>>We've been working hard on improving the audio quality and reliability
> of your Connect!
>>service, and this notice contains important information about
> configuration changes you'll
>>need to make to maximize your performance.
>>
>>
> [...]
>>
>>DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
>>--------------------------------------------------------
>>New switches have been added to handle IAX2 TERMINATION.  The purpose
> of this change
>>is to provide customers with the ability to use all of the latest audio
> codecs available
>>in Asterisk's stable CVS branch, and to provide additional redundancy
> for terminating calls.
>>
>>Some key points regarding this change are:
>>
>>- The new switches listed below are the latest stable branch of
> Asterisk
>>- The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will
> cease to be available
>>   at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004.
>>- We recommend all customers using Connect! for IAX2 termination begin
> using the new
>>   configuration immediately.
>
> ---------------------
>
> Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will
> cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004."  The
> message I got was at 1:51 AM EST.  That means I was given negative 5
> hours and 51 minutes to make this change.
>
> And even worse, my DIDs form them no longer work (sits as "Request Sent"
> forever....never actually registers).
>
> Just though I'd toss this one out there in case anyone else is having
> problems, or possibly didn't see/didn't get the email.
>
> Why, oh why is it so hard to find a stable DID in my area? (Philly)
> IConnectHere is flaky, VoicePulse....well, we've covered that, and
> NuFone, while rock solid and never giving me any problems, doesn't have
> their non-Michigan DID's available yet.
>
> And please....maybe I'm asking for too much, but any good DID provider
> should be able to call forward your DID to whatever number you choose on
> 1.) failure of their systems or 2.) loss of connectivity to the remote,
> no matter who's fault it is.  This should be automatic, seamless, and
> the forwarding number should be changeable by the account holder on the
> fly.
>
> Daryl G. Jurbala
> BMPC Network Operations
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