[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk, Small Business, and Teliax

[Andrew Berman]

Thank you very much for your help Rich, I really appreciate it.

--Andrew

On 12/10/05, Rich Adamson <radamson at routers.com> wrote:
>
> Your assumptions are right on the mark. However, keep in mind that
> regardless of how much effort you put into trying to figure out whether
> teliax is up/down, there are always things that can happen that you can't
> discover. For example, teliax (or any other itsp) might accept your
> outgoing
> call and its not processed for whatever reason. Such occurances can only
> be
> addressed if you provide your users with an alternative way to dial.
> Common
> approaches would be to include something like: a) dial 9+digits for an
> pstn
> call, b) dial 8+digits for teliax calls, and, c) all 1+digits calls are
> automatically routed based on whatever you set up in the dialplan.
>
> Using such an approach essentially has your users dialing whatever number
> they need to (c) under normal conditions, but should there be a problem,
> the
> user can still call outbound by directing their calls to (a) or (b).
>
> Your thought process also addresses 911 calls, etc, by you programming
> your
> dialplan to route those calls via the pstn lines. No need to even think
> about routing 911 calls via teliax.
>
> Keep in mind that whatever you do with fax'ing probably will not work
> through
> voip and the TDM card. Lots of postings in the list archives if you need
> to
> research that. (Since you are likely to have pstn lines, consider
> attaching
> a fax machine to one of those lines and not let asterisk answer incoming
> calls
> on that line. Or, subscribe to an external fax service and have them email
> pdf files instead of messing around with paper, toner, questionable fax
> machines, modems, etc.)
>
> ------------------------
> > Thank you very much for your responses.  I like the idea of having
> Teliax as well as
> some PSTN lines in the event
> > of the T1 going down.  I've just started to read the Asterisk book by
> O'Reilly, so my
> understanding of Asterisk is
> > limited right now.  Consequently, if I get a TDM400P for the PSTN lines
> and get
> Teliax, can Asterisk be set up in
> > such a way that if Teliax cannot be reached it uses the PSTN lines?  If
> yes, I'm
> assuming it has to do with the
> > proper diaplan, which I'll be reading up on soon.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 12/10/05, Rich Adamson <radamson at routers.com> wrote:
> >
> >     > I'm a beginner here and am interested in Teliax.  I own a small
> business and
> was
> >     wondering if you guys could help
> >     > me out here.  I'm basically looking for 6-8 telephone lines, but I
> notice that
> Teliax
> >     supports 4 simultaneous calls on
> >     > their Corporate plan.  So could I get two Corporate plans and set
> Asterisk to
> use
> >     both of them and then have, in
> >     > essence, 8 people talking at the same time?  If someone tries to
> call, would
> the
> >     phone ring busy or would it still go
> >     > through?
> >     >
> >     > I plan on having a T1.....
> >
> >     I'd suggest you call their sales folks as teliax is rather flexible;
> they
> >     will likely work something out for you that fits your needs.
> >
> >     As others have mentioned, the bundled plans (eg, residential or
> corporate)
> >     have a soft cap that essentially translates into $0.018 / minute,
> assuming
> >     you use every single minute within the plan. If you don't use every
> minute,
> >     the average cost/min goes up (1,000 minutes of corp plan use =
> $0.045 / min).
> >
> >     So, you are probably better off with their "Pay as you go" plan
> which
> >     ensures your cost is always $0.02 / min with an unlimited number of
> >     simultanous calls.
> >
> >     If you combine the above with some thought as to what you are going
> to do
> >     when calls can't be completed via teliax (for whatever reason), then
> you
> >     are likely to conclude that having two providers at some flat cost
> per
> >     minute is a positive move.
> >
> >     If you add to that thought process some probability that you can't
> complete
> >     _any_ Internet-based calls (due to T1 failure or whatever), then
> you're
> >     likely to approach a combination of itsp's and pstn lines for your
> business.
> >
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