[Asterisk-Users] Are IAX2 providers ready for prime time?

[Tom Knox]

My solution for this is I am going to provision DIDs from more than one
company so that if I have trouble with one group of lines I can use the
others.  This solution will work for me but maybe not for others.  I would
love to hear from some of these companies that they are going to provide
redundant service in case of local network outages, etc.

> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:48:22 -0500
> From: "Warren H. Prince" <wprince at unconundrum.com>
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Are IAX2 providers ready for prime time?
> Reply-To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>
> Jim Archer wrote:
>
> > Hi All...
> >
> > I have been putting together a call center and I was hoping to use a
> > VoIP provider who can terminate IAX2.  A participant here has been
> > kind enough to help me off list, for which I am grateful.  I have
> > called two VoIP providers, Coloco and NuFone.  Coloco has yet to
> > return my calls and although I spoke with someone at NuFone yesterday,
> > today when I tried to call to get service I got several "all circuits
> > are busy" messages. Calling on the non-toll free number I left voice
> > mail, but got no call back, or response to my email.
> >
> > I looked at Voice Pulse, but have read here that there are issues with
> > reliability.  They also seem set up for end user consumers, as do a
> > few others.
> >
> > So I am starting to get a bad feeling about VoIP providers.  They seem
> > like really, really small outfits.  Realistically, is the service
> > provided by VoIP providers reliable and stable?  Can you bet your
> > business on it?  How often does it go down?
> >
> Jim, we're in the process of building a business application, and are
> reviewing providers as well.  While we haven't selected one, or found
> one we're really happy with, our approach is going to be to set up
> fail-over capabilities where a pots line can be seized if the iax
> provider is unavailable....  I would think this will greatly improve
> "system" reliability, but not the reliability of the provider....