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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Are IAX2 providers ready for prime time? > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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.... _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
