[asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard - and - Asterisk

2007-04-16 Thread Craig Lawrence
Is anyone aware of an existing program that could be used to display key call centre stats produced from an Asterisk system and delivered onto a 30 LCD Monitor? The type of product would produce output similar to the Symons gear (see http://www.targetvision.com/solutions/contactcenters.shtml) and

Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard - and - Asterisk

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
Have you checked out QueueMetrics? We use that in our callcenter and are very happy with it. On 4/16/07, Craig Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone aware of an existing program that could be used to display key call centre stats produced from an Asterisk system and delivered onto a 30

[asterisk-biz] VoIP Origination/Termination (SIP/IAX2)

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
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RE: [asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard - and - Asterisk

2007-04-16 Thread Steve Totaro
I second that QueueMetrics is great for this purpose. It looks very nice on a large screen TV/Monitor. You can even define timing and other events that change calls or figures to different colors. So a call sitting in Queue over a certain definable amount of time will turn yellow and

RE: [asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard - and - Asterisk

2007-04-16 Thread Robbie Hanlon
Hi Craig Have a look at http://www.soft-telecom.com/vox-office-qmon-tour.shtml. The VOX Queue Monitor is one of a range of applications that we have developed for the Asterisk platform and is deployed very successfully by many of our clients. Best regards Robbie Hanlon CEO Soft Telecom Ph:

RE: [asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard - and - Asterisk

2007-04-16 Thread Senad Jordanovic
Is anyone aware of an existing program that could be used to display key call centre stats produced from an Asterisk system and delivered onto a 30 LCD Monitor? The type of product would produce output similar to the Symons gear (see

RE: [asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard - and - Asterisk

2007-04-16 Thread Steve Totaro
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Senad Jordanovic Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 9:14 AM To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard

RE: [asterisk-biz] 800 DID's

2007-04-16 Thread sip
You laugh, but my wife's family in Tokyo (TOKYO, of all PLACES... in the heart of Shinjuku!) doesn't even own a touch-tone phone. I thought about VoIP for them, but quickly laughed it off as they have yet to fully comprehend what the Internet is or why they might want to use it. N. On Sat,

RE: [asterisk-biz] Call Centre LED Wallboard - and - Asterisk

2007-04-16 Thread Senad Jordanovic
We have a modular system for displaying the call centre calls/agents stats... Here is a screenshot which Can be further customised to be displayed elsewhere... http://www.bicomsystems.com/gallery2/img/0007.png Regards, Senad Very nice looking. What is the cost (per seat,

[asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Alan Bunch
I have a number that was ported to Vonage about 7 months ago. Well the CFO of my company did anyway. With the present Vonage situation he would like to port that number away from Vonage. Is there a place, other than a carrier, to park a number ? He has had this number for may years and

Re: [asterisk-biz] 800 DID's

2007-04-16 Thread Mike Lynchfield
Is the market so saturated we need to bite at each other at first chance ? Even posting on IRC will get trolls and haters these days. What has this business come to ? I assume that fear brings anger. Peace On 4/16/07, sip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You laugh, but my wife's family in Tokyo

Re: [asterisk-biz] 800 DID's

2007-04-16 Thread Tim Booth
I spoke with a client last week and Verizon offered them a POTS line with unlimited domestic long distance for $33 bucks month. As the big guys drop their shorts it will make more sense for people to stay with a reliable POTS service. Mike Lynchfield wrote: Is the market so saturated we need

RE: [asterisk-biz] $0.01150 USA unrestricted wholesale VOIP Termination

2007-04-16 Thread jay kordic
Vijay, Could you use an unrestricted Interstate USA termination route (100 % of USA interstate is available)? The rate would be either .0085 or .009.The average call length needs to be above 1 minute. Jay Kordic The Horizon Group Wholesale/Retail VOIP and TDM services 951-780-3131

RE: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Dean Collins
Vonage are not going anywhere people. This running for the hills is just crap. Spend the time an energy porting the number away if you like but you're wasting your time they will be around for a lot longer still. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph

[asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread John Treble
What **approximately** is the going monthly rate for switched ISDN PRI (i.e., 23B+1D) in the U.S.? TIA. John Treble Ottawa, Canada ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Moshe Maeir
Title: Moshe Maeir Vonage ain't going anywhere - you can be sure someone will buy them Alan Bunch wrote: I have a number that was ported to Vonage about 7 months ago. Well the CFO of my company did anyway. With the present Vonage situation he would like to port that number away from Vonage.

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Brian Fertig
That would depend on if its virtual or traditional. Also if traditional how far away from the area your wanting to get the PRI from. Average traditional ~400 - 800 Virtual $240 -- ::. Brian Fertig Director of Engineering Molten, Inc. Delaware Office Office 800.418.4380

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
Well, when a carrier goes out of business their numbers are returned to the pool. You MIGHT be able to get them if you talk nicely to the top dog (XO, Level3, etc), but probably not.I don't know exactly what you want for an answer. if you don't want to park at a carrier where else will

RE: [PHISH] Re: [asterisk-biz] 800 DID's

2007-04-16 Thread C. Savinovich
I spoke with a client last week and Verizon offered them a POTS line with unlimited domestic long distance for $33 bucks month. Excuse me, I fell for that lie and ordered that service from Verizon...it ended up being $56 per month... when I called to complain I was told that the service is $33

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
We pay about $180/PRI... however I believe the going rate for one or two PRIs (we have about 80) is somewhere around $400 On 4/16/07, John Treble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What **approximately** is the going monthly rate for switched ISDN PRI (i.e., 23B+1D) in the U.S.? TIA. John Treble

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
Those prices include taxes. On 4/16/07, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We pay about $180/PRI... however I believe the going rate for one or two PRIs (we have about 80) is somewhere around $400 On 4/16/07, John Treble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What **approximately** is the going monthly

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
If no one else.. Verizon will :P Big companies like that don't just vanish. On 4/16/07, Moshe Maeir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vonage ain't going anywhere - you can be sure someone will buy them Alan Bunch wrote: I have a number that was ported to Vonage about 7 months ago. Well the CFO of

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Steve Totaro
$300 - $500 in the Washington DC/Baltimore area. John Treble wrote: What **approximately** is the going monthly rate for switched ISDN PRI (i.e., 23B+1D) in the U.S.? TIA. John Treble Ottawa, Canada ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Alan Bunch
I know I''m going wind up with a carrier. I just hope I can find one that will be around for a while. alabun Matt wrote: Well, when a carrier goes out of business their numbers are returned to the pool. You MIGHT be able to get them if you talk nicely to the top dog (XO, Level3, etc), but

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Curt Shaffer
Brian, Excuse me if this is question seems stupid. What exactly is a Virtual PRI? Feel free to take this offlist if need be. I only posted to in efforts of getting the answer for more people who may be wondering the same thing. Thanks! Curt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Adam Moffett
We were recently quoted $350 plus a loop charge. I've heard of prices as low as 280. But the transport is what can really get you. What **approximately** is the going monthly rate for switched ISDN PRI (i.e., 23B+1D) in the U.S.? TIA. John Treble Ottawa, Canada

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Adam Moffett
That's probably true. A company with 2 million customers won't just vanish. But that's an interesting question. I have a few VoIP customers (less than 100), and a handful of them did port numbers here from Verizon. Suppose I get hit by a bus tomorrow. What happens to their phone numbers? My

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
I'd say Vonage is going to be around as long as anyone else. On 4/16/07, Alan Bunch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I''m going wind up with a carrier. I just hope I can find one that will be around for a while. alabun Matt wrote: Well, when a carrier goes out of business their numbers are

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Brian Fertig
We have a product offering called Virtual PRI for $240 USD. What this is, is 24 channels of inbound calling. All you do is pay for the DID's. There are no per minute charges.. Now mind you with this product it is multi-market. We serve 40 markets and some I believe 6-8000 rate centers. So

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Andres
Brian Fertig wrote: That would depend on if its virtual or traditional. Also if traditional how far away from the area your wanting to get the PRI from. Average traditional ~400 - 800 Virtual $240 A traditional PRI with a carrier like XO or Verizon will usually include unlimitted local

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Brian Fertig
Well even with XO you can get just a 1 way PRI. But yes. The next product up is a bi-directional PRI designed to all you to call from or to the same market for free. -- ::. Brian Fertig Director of Engineering Molten, Inc. Delaware Office Office 800.418.4380 x 160 Direct

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Andrew Latham
I have clients paying as much as $850 and as little is $380 in the midwest for a PRI. A virtual PRI is a company that resells channels off of a large pipe via SIP to the customer. There is also TDMoIP and TDMoE that can allow raw use of a PRI from remote locations. On 4/16/07, Adam Moffett

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
Depends on Level3 and your reseller and how they feel. They might allow them to port it, but ultimately that would be your fault for failing to have a backup net admin, or someone else in your company who knows how things work.You would probably end up leaving the users in Telecom Limbo. On

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Alan Bunch
*I* agree with all of you. My boss doesn't 8-) He also is paying too much for Vonage. He makes very few calls and the $14.95 month plan is still more than he would use on a per minute plan. Remember this is our C *F* O. Alan Matt wrote: I'd say Vonage is going to be around as long

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Steve Totaro
I think he means 23 VoIP channels, so data. Basically, your PRI terminates at their location and they hand the calls to you over IP. I am assuming that you are providing the data pipe? Thanks, Steve Curt Shaffer wrote: Brian, Excuse me if this is question seems stupid. What exactly is a

Re: [asterisk-biz] 800 DID's

2007-04-16 Thread sip
I'm quoted in there, but was that directed toward me? Because if so, I don't get it. I'm a troll because my wife's family still uses a rotary phone? Wacky. N. On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:43:08 -0500, Mike Lynchfield wrote Is the market so saturated we need to bite at each other at first chance ?

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Brian Fertig
Actually you're slightly incorrect. We offer 24 channels. Where as a traditional pri is only 23. So you get an extra channel. The customer provides the interconnect to us either private or public internet. -- ::. Brian Fertig Director of Engineering Molten, Inc.

[asterisk-biz] Re: asterisk-biz Digest, Vol 33, Issue 66

2007-04-16 Thread Suzanne Bowen
Hi Nicky, Let me give you few of what I think are the best choices. Just buying 2 DID, 1 UK and 1 Switz, try: 1. www.gizmoproject.com, I believe $35 per year each. 2. See if you have a friend in the wholesale voip business who is a member of DIDX.net and see if they will let you guy 1 of each

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
The only way I can see this being even remotely cost effective is if you need multiple DIDs (many) and need to use multiple channels continually. If all you need are 4 or 5 DIDs, you can get those for about $5 a piece with 2 or more unlimited channels, from many providers. So say I need 5 DIDs,

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Brian Fertig
This product wasn't designed for the smaller use customers. We will have our BYOD system online in the next week or so. -- ::. Brian Fertig Director of Engineering Molten, Inc. Delaware Office Office 800.418.4380 x 160 Direct 302.338.9601 From: [EMAIL

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread Matt
Well then pick a company you feel comfortable with, or your CLEC, and port the number to them. On 4/16/07, Alan Bunch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *I* agree with all of you. My boss doesn't 8-) He also is paying too much for Vonage. He makes very few calls and the $14.95 month plan is still

Re: [asterisk-biz] 800 DID's

2007-04-16 Thread Al Bochter
POTs lines for inbound service but I don't see them giving you 100 channels outbound for any good price (PRI Lines) Best regards, Al Bochter Bochter Services Did you check your US Greenbacks for GOLD Today? http://www.bochterservices.com/?t=USbill_email Tim Booth wrote: I spoke with a

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Steve Totaro
So how oversold are your circuits? Is a client guaranteed 24 channels at any given time? In other words, do you actually have a T1 (or equivalent) for each subscriber of your virtual PRI product? Thanks, Steve Brian Fertig wrote: This product wasn’t designed for the smaller use customers.

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Steve Totaro
Brian, That response is not very reassuring. A T3 should give you 672 channels, or, 665 if you are terminating to quad T1 cards using one channel for NFAS. How are you interconnected to get such a round number of 600? If I am forking out that much money for a Virtual PRI, I want it in

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread dave cantera
john, PRIs go for $350-$450 with 23 voice circuits... daveC John Treble wrote: What **approximately** is the going monthly rate for switched ISDN PRI (i.e., 23B+1D) in the U.S.? TIA. John Treble Ottawa, Canada ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Mike Hammett
He could have just been rounding or perhaps he has 600 channels of SIP from his carrier partners. --Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 7:25 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Michael Kaspar
I have one that is $295 + 2.9 per minute. Send me an email or call me - 949-310-5885. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave cantera Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 5:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Lee Jenkins
Brian Fertig wrote: Actually you're slightly incorrect. We offer 24 channels. Where as a traditional pri is only 23. So you get an extra channel. The customer provides the interconnect to us either private or public internet. -- ::. Brian Fertig Director of

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Michael Kaspar
I have one that is $295 + 2.9 per minute. Send me an email or call me - 949-310-5885 if you need one. 23B+D Michael Kaspar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Treble Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 9:43 AM To: 'Commercial and

RE: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread Michael Kaspar
I have one that is $295 + 2.9 per minute. Send me an email or call me - 949-310-5885 if you need one. 23B+D Michael Kaspar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Jenkins Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 6:23 PM To: Commercial and

Re: [asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

2007-04-16 Thread C F
On 4/16/07, Andres [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Fertig wrote: That would depend on if its virtual or traditional. Also if traditional how far away from the area your wanting to get the PRI from. Average traditional ~400 - 800 Virtual $240 A traditional PRI with a carrier like XO or

Re: [asterisk-biz] 800 DID's

2007-04-16 Thread C F
Al why the small s in POTS (POTs)? On 4/16/07, Al Bochter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: POTs lines for inbound service but I don't see them giving you 100 channels outbound for any good price (PRI Lines) Best regards, Al Bochter Bochter Services Did you check your US Greenbacks for GOLD Today?

Re: [asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

2007-04-16 Thread C F
Alan port it to Verizon as Remote Call Forwarding number, it's only aroun $15 per month. On 4/16/07, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well then pick a company you feel comfortable with, or your CLEC, and port the number to them. On 4/16/07, Alan Bunch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *I* agree with