[asterisk-biz] RE: If money is not a consideration who givesthebest SIP termination??

[Mike Hammett]

What's the point in using TDM anymore.  Your problem with the quality isn't 
with VoIP itself, but what it's running over.  Make the network the VoIP is 
running over better.


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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Totaro" <stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] RE: If money is not a consideration who 
givesthebest SIP termination??


> If money was not a consideration then why would you go with SIP at all 
> unless it is coming over point to point data links?
> Global Crossing offers SIP service but the cost is basically the same as 
> TDM (at least with our agreement) and comes as dedicated bandwidth.  The 
> upside of this is no TDM equipment on our end such as Sangoma or Digium 
> cards and dedicated servers to translate our DS3 (28 T1s) into SIP (a 
> fairly large hardware investment, although, small in the TDM world).  I 
> also assume that calls delivered by a major carrier over dedicated lines 
> would have absolutely no echo issues and negligable ping times as well 
> (another huge plus).
>
> Why risk SIP over the public internet if money is not a consideration but 
> quality is?  The answer there is TDM.
>
> That being said, if money *is* an issue but so is quality (knowing the 
> trade-offs, ins and outs of VoIP), who can offer origination and 
> termination with LNP of 1,000 toll free numbers and approx 5million 
> minutes a month?  Mostly inbound toll free for a call center application 
> and outbound of about 1million minutes (quickly ramping up) of outbound LD 
> to the US 48 for a calling card application?  We could easily see 10 
> million minutes in the next six months or so.
>
> On top of that, who if anyone can offer a co-lo in the DC metro area 
> (other areas considered) to keep latency down?
>
> If anyone can do that, I would LOVE to talk to you.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
> jay kordic wrote:
>>
>> I have multiple partners that are USA based companies and resell USA Tier 
>> 1 networks such as Verizon/MCI, Level 3/Broadwing, Qwest and Global 
>> Crossing. Most of these resellers have no minimum commitment, bill by 
>> LATA/OCN and can mix and match underlying carriers for both cost 
>> effectiveness and redundancy. Please contact me to discuss a program that 
>> could be a great fit for you. At least give me an opportunity.
>>
>>
>> Jay Kordic
>>
>> The Horizon Group
>>
>> Wholesale/Retail VOIP and TDM services
>>
>> 951-780-3131 (office)
>>
>> 951-850-0887 (mobile)
>>
>> 515-322-0273 (fax)
>>
>> MSN IM-jaykordic at hotmail.com
>>
>> Yahoo IM-jaykordic at yahoo.com
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Alan Frisch
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:57 PM
>> *To:* asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
>> *Subject:* [asterisk-biz] RE: If money is not a consideration who gives 
>> thebest SIP termination??
>>
>>
>> Forgive me if I've had me head in the sand for too long... but when did 
>> Bulgaria become a part of the United States?
>>
>>
>>     Hello Mike,
>>
>>     We are a US carrier offering excellent quality A-Z termination,
>>     servicing
>>     successfully retail corporate and individual networks for over 6
>>     years.
>>
>>     Please contact me offline to discuss in details.
>>
>>     Thanks and best regards,
>>
>>     Albena Trencheva
>>     Nutel Communications LLC
>>     Tel: +359 2 4900442
>>     Mob; +359 88 843 31 97
>>     Email:  <mailto:atrencheva at nutel.cc <mailto:atrencheva at nutel.cc>>
>>     atrencheva at nutel.cc <mailto:atrencheva at nutel.cc>
>>     <http://www.nutel.cc/> www.nutel.cc <http://www.nutel.cc>
>>
>>
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