[Asterisk-Users] newbie uk questions...

[Peter Svensson]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Darrell Berry wrote:

> - are there any UK-based VoIP providers targetting small business users: 
> by which I mean support for multiple simultaneous connections in and out 
> on the same DDI (to simulate traditional multi-channel ISDN PBX 
> capabilities), and guaranteed SLAs/professional support? If so, has 
> anyone dealt with any of them and do you have any recommendations 
> (either for or against?). This includes ISPs getting into the VoIP arena.

Hard SLAs may be tough to get unless the VoIP provider is also your 
Internet provider.

> - failing that, what my options for *-compatible, UK-legal 
> interconnections between a *-based PBX and UK PSTN? I'm looking for more 
> channels than I will get from ISDN-2e, but less than ISDN-33 (probably): 
> enough for say 4-8 simultaneous incoming/outgoing calls. I admit this is 
> the area I'm least clear on!

Not living in the UK this may not be relevant but 8 channels is usually 
the balance point between multiple bri lines and a single pri. Since some 
asterisk features can tie up a lot of channels (conferences, queues etc) 
the safe bet in the long term is always to go with an E1 pri. 

Peter