Hello Keith: Except for one major point, I agree with you in everything else!
" 2. The actual cost for IP Trunking/Virtual PRI is more expensive than a REAL PRI from Bell. " We have Virtual PRI's implemented at client ends that I think is pretty damn good, and though we have never come across something called "Unlimited National PRI", with a quality solid Internet connection -- the V-PRI's are working pretty damn well. It works well because our VPRI's are configured to our servers hosted at data centres. But I can advise you from first hand experience that our VPRI's are less than half of what bell quoted us for their real PRI. Comwave are advertising on google in almost every voip site I jump to and it points to: http://www.comwave.net/CDN/company_carrier.htm >From what I understand based on your experience and mine... comwave is >testing the waters and collecting addresses & contact information in a >questionable manner. If its too damn good to be true... it usually is. When I asked them for DID services, they had no idea what I was talking about... and the strange thing is I was talking to their business, Carrier & Wholesale team. Cheers! Reza. ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Major | Aquarius Telecom Inc. To: 'Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast' ; 'Toronto Asterisk Business Group' Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:58 AM Subject: RE: [biz] Unlimited National PRI & experience dealing with Comwave? Hi Reza, When we were considering going into the VoIP market, we considered reselling someone else's services to minimize the risk involved in starting a new venture. We had meetings with a number of providers and found nobody could come close to what we were looking for including Comwave. As you know in our chats together we engineered our own solution because, we felt it was the only way to provide exactly what we wanted. We then looked at connecting our platform to the rest of the world - PRIs, IP Trunking and so on. We again approached Comwave to see what they had to offer in IP trunking (currently they do not offer real PRIs). We found 2 faults that concerned us; 1. Lack of a quality guarantee; it is IP Trunking after all. 2. The actual cost for IP Trunking/Virtual PRI is more expensive than a REAL PRI from Bell. We tried to negotiate but, it didn't get us anywhere and I'll note one more thing that we found; there is no such thing as unlimited, we would pay for every miniute our clients would call locally and it was billed by the minute not the second. There are more competitive solutions out there and if more TAUG Biz member would like to get on board with a Business Co-operative we could get better rates/services. I'll share one more thing in closing. Before getting into our Hosted PBX service, we conducted a market survey of our target audience and found that quality came before cost - yes, cost was secondary. Thus, we centred our solution around that ideal. See you at IT360, Keith Keith Major Business Development Manager Aquarius Telecom Inc. www.aquariustel.com 416.848.6838 ext. 1005 _______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Ce courrier électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeur ne renonce pas aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce message ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le (les) destinataire(s) désigné(s) est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen. From: Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 30, 2007 7:14 AM To: Toronto Asterisk Business Group Subject: [biz] Unlimited National PRI & experience dealing with Comwave? Hello Business Users: "COMWAVE: Unlimited National PRI, SIP, DID Canada wide service overnight!" Is this for real? I've personally encountered problems after problems with comwave service. My folks got it for some long distance savings & their local & overseas circuits are JAM PACKED! On SEVERAL occasions I got fast busy and "the line is not in service". Thought it was fluke...so I called in with my cell and voila, exactly the same thing. Additionally I've tried to make contact with COMWAVE first hand, to inquire about their "Unlimited National PRI, SIP, DID Canada wide service overnight!" plans & service and when I did speak to someone senior... either they knew nothing about what I was talking about, or because I was honest to tell them I'm not huge - they were less interested! As per my experience, I have successfully established contacts with almost all major carriers & their vendors. Most are more than happy to chat and talk & provide good info. Comwave on the other hand was less than enthusiastic. Anyone deal with them in here at a wholesale & carrier level? What are your experiences? Best, Reza.
