Ivan, Thank you for the recommendations. We are in the business more than 5 years. We know all the providers and their service level.
"cost effective and reliable SIP services" - we hear this several times. We want to work with CLEC only. Thanks and regards, Aloysius Lloyd SunTel Technologies t. +1-416-479-0505 x 203 e. [email protected] w. www.sunteltech.ca On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Ivan Kovacevic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1. Make sure to factor in the cost of their internet service per channel. > Not sure how competitive Allstream internet pricing is > with Cogeco Data / Cogent / et al. > 2. Make sure you confirm what "bi-directional" really means. They expect a > certain balance of inbound/outbound traffic. Using > bi-directional channels for mostly outbound may result in penalties and > surcharges. > 3. Look at the billing increments and rounding. Some carriers charge ¢1 per > call minimum - regardless of what your rate is. This is > supposedly due to legacy accounting systems unable to count in fractions of > a penny. Some will bill calls in 12, 30 or even 60 > second increments. Not so great for dialer / call center traffic. > 4. Beware of contracts. > > I don't want to pitch on the tech list, but if you are looking for cost > effective and reliable SIP services, with an established > user based consisting of contact centers, collections and IVR service > bureaus - please contact me off-list for pricing. > > No per-channel charges for TF and LD. > > Best Regards, > > Ivan Kovacevic > > Star Telecom | www.startelecom.ca | T: + 18557827835 x205 | F: > +18557827835 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Aloysius Lloyd > Sent: June-09-11 10:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: TAUG Technical > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] AllStream SIP trunk > > Hi All, > > I contact AllStream Sales and ask for the new SIP Trunking service through > public Internet. They are only offering to the retail > market. They do not want to sell to small re-sellers. I ask for the 2 > virtual pri... they are not in a position to sell. > > Wholesale department want a minimum of 200 channels commitment. > > But their retail market price is attractive a bi-directional channel is > $14.00 and DID is 2.00 > > Does anyone have the AllStream SIP trunking service? > > > Thanks > Lloyd > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Roger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Allstream ip trunking service are built on two pairs of carrier grade > > sbc in toronto and vancouver. They are directly connected to their own > > nortel pstn gateway. > > > > Yajie > > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry device > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Ivan Kovacevic" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:19:46 > > To: 'Andre Courchesne'<[email protected]> > > Cc: 'TAUG Technical'<[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] AllStream SIP trunk Any reason you decided > > to go with Allstream specifically? > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Ivan Kovacevic > > > > Star Telecom | www.startelecom.ca | T: + 18557827835 x205 | F: > > +18557827835 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andre Courchesne [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: June-07-11 12:02 PM > > To: TAUG Technical > > Subject: [on-asterisk] AllStream SIP trunk > > > > Hi all, > > > > Anyone has experience to share with connecting an asterisk server to > > AllStream SIP trunk service ? > > > > --- > > Andre Courchesne - Consultant > > http://www.net-forces.com > > MSN: [email protected] > > Skype: VoipForces > > > > > > > > L'information contenue dans le présent document est la propriété de > > Andre Courchesne. Et est divulguée en toute confidentialité. > > Cette information ne doit pas être utilisée, divulguée à d'autres > > personnes ou reproduite sans le consentement écrit explicite de Andre > > Courchesne. > > > > The information contained in this document is confidential and > > property of Andre Courchesne. It shall not be used, disclosed to > > others or reproduced without the express written consent of Andre > > Courchesne. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional > > commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > >
