[asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank

[Julian Lyndon-Smith]

Hi Steve,

Steve Kennedy wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 12:53:41PM +0100, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
>
>   
>> More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has 
>> come to whack in a gsm channel bank.
>> Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP 
>> connection from the bank to asterisk ? Real-world experiences are sooooo 
>> much better than marketing blurb ;)
>> We currently have  a TE412P with a free socket, so we have a choice 
>> either way. I am looking for up to 30 sims to be connected, and we are 
>> based in the UK.
>> Any advice is gratefully received.
>>     
>
> Are you providing any kind of service to 3rd parties? If so you are NOT
> allowed to run a GSM gateway.
>   

No, it's purely for our own call center.
> If it's purely your own traffic i.e. say company PBX to mobile traffic
> then it is allowed.
>
> Ofcom ruled on this a while back.
>   
Yeah. They also ruled that last week a call that never "rings" on the 
customer side before it is hung up is considered a silent call ...
> Saying that I've used a Portech GSM gateway on SIP and it works well.
>   

Thanks for the info.

> Steve
>
>   


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