[Asterisk-Users] 12 seat call centre with Asterisk, VoIP only, UK - possible?

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

Mike Dent wrote:

>Hi,
>I've had an inquiry for a small UK call centre, mostly outbound calls.
>I get the impression they
>are mainly calling 3G mobile phones, monthly phone bill, with calls is
>approx £5,000 for several
>feature lines.
>
>How feasible is something like this with asterisk?
>  
>
For calls to mobile networks in the UK, it would probably be a good 
option to use some Quescom or 2N GSM gateways in conjunction with 
Asterisk to terminate the calls.

For example, calls to Orange mobiles from Orange network are about 7p. 
Using a BT landline, it's about 30p...

Plus, Nildram does DSL bonding which is nice. You could get a couple of 
fast DSL lines and use this in conjunction with Asterisk to direct the 
calls to a couple of VoIP providers. With a little bit of AGI scripting, 
you could set up Asterisk to use PSTN in the rare instances where IP 
connectivity gets too bad.

>Then there is the choice of a reliable SIP provider. Do others doing
>this have accounts with 2 or 3
>providers as fallback?
>  
>
VoIPJet + NuFone works sortof OK.