[asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank
More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has come to whack in a gsm channel bank. Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP connection from the bank to asterisk ? Real-world experiences are so much better than marketing blurb ;) We currently have a TE412P with a free socket, so we have a choice either way. I am looking for up to 30 sims to be connected, and we are based in the UK. Any advice is gratefully received. Thanks Julian __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank
Portech has an excellent line of SIP-CDMA/GSM gateway products. We use their MV-378 for GSM and MV-372 for CDMA. We also have deployed them to quite a number of our customers with no issues. Jeff Johnson Director of Operations NeturallySpeaking, LLC (813) 774-3570 Direct (866) 448-0038 Toll Free (813) 569-2366 Fax sip://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neturallyspeaking.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julian Lyndon-Smith Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:54 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has come to whack in a gsm channel bank. Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP connection from the bank to asterisk ? Real-world experiences are so much better than marketing blurb ;) We currently have a TE412P with a free socket, so we have a choice either way. I am looking for up to 30 sims to be connected, and we are based in the UK. Any advice is gratefully received. Thanks Julian __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1700 - Release Date: 9/30/2008 11:03 AM ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank
On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Jeff Johnson wrote: Portech has an excellent line of SIP-CDMA/GSM gateway products. We use their MV-378 for GSM and MV-372 for CDMA. We also have deployed them to quite a number of our customers with no issues. I've also used a Portech unit in the UK. (a 2-port GSM one) It's not perfect, but seems to work OK for outgoing calls which are LCR'd to the unit. (Easy in the UK as all mobile phone numbers start _07Z.) ISTR having to set some weird flags inside it to return CHANUNAVAIL rather then busy when both ports were in-use, so I could then try the default outbound channel when both ports were in-use. Gordon ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank
On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 12:53:41PM +0100, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has come to whack in a gsm channel bank. Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP connection from the bank to asterisk ? Real-world experiences are so much better than marketing blurb ;) We currently have a TE412P with a free socket, so we have a choice either way. I am looking for up to 30 sims to be connected, and we are based in the UK. Any advice is gratefully received. Are you providing any kind of service to 3rd parties? If so you are NOT allowed to run a GSM gateway. If it's purely your own traffic i.e. say company PBX to mobile traffic then it is allowed. Ofcom ruled on this a while back. Saying that I've used a Portech GSM gateway on SIP and it works well. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 UK +44 20 7993 2612 / US +1 310 857 7715 / Fax +44 20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank
Hi Steve, Steve Kennedy wrote: On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 12:53:41PM +0100, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has come to whack in a gsm channel bank. Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP connection from the bank to asterisk ? Real-world experiences are so much better than marketing blurb ;) We currently have a TE412P with a free socket, so we have a choice either way. I am looking for up to 30 sims to be connected, and we are based in the UK. Any advice is gratefully received. Are you providing any kind of service to 3rd parties? If so you are NOT allowed to run a GSM gateway. No, it's purely for our own call center. If it's purely your own traffic i.e. say company PBX to mobile traffic then it is allowed. Ofcom ruled on this a while back. Yeah. They also ruled that last week a call that never rings on the customer side before it is hung up is considered a silent call ... Saying that I've used a Portech GSM gateway on SIP and it works well. Thanks for the info. Steve __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank
On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Steve Kennedy wrote: On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 12:53:41PM +0100, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has come to whack in a gsm channel bank. Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP connection from the bank to asterisk ? Real-world experiences are so much better than marketing blurb ;) We currently have a TE412P with a free socket, so we have a choice either way. I am looking for up to 30 sims to be connected, and we are based in the UK. Any advice is gratefully received. Are you providing any kind of service to 3rd parties? If so you are NOT allowed to run a GSM gateway. If it's purely your own traffic i.e. say company PBX to mobile traffic then it is allowed. Ofcom ruled on this a while back. Saying that I've used a Portech GSM gateway on SIP and it works well. Does anyone know if this is true in the States? I run a prepaid card service, and never thought about trying to use SIM cards for termination :) j ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank
If you are after something budget type we got a 32 SIM with only 8 active sims at anyone time so you can use each sim in term and effectively use up all the free miuntes, If you are interested please visit cyber-telecom.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julian Lyndon-Smith Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:54 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has come to whack in a gsm channel bank. Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP connection from the bank to asterisk ? Real-world experiences are so much better than marketing blurb ;) We currently have a TE412P with a free socket, so we have a choice either way. I am looking for up to 30 sims to be connected, and we are based in the UK. Any advice is gratefully received. Thanks Julian __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
