Re: [asterisk-biz] How Realistic is Hosted VoIP for SMBs?

2006-10-29 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, GlobalOfficePhone wrote: > Recently there has been an upsurge in articles about the benefits of hosted > VoIP for SMBs accompanied by a similar upsurge in providers who offer such > services. > > While I understand most of the benefits highlighted, especially if the SMB > is

RE: [asterisk-biz] A101 Sangoma T1 - Special $260

2006-09-06 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Alexander Lopez wrote: > E1 Channel Banks maybe harder to find than T1 channel banks. So you can > have a T1 Channel bank fed by an Asterisk box that is served by an E1. > > And to clearify Atlantis has always been VuW. (Voice Under Water) > Not TDM. That uses the chan_h2o dr

RE: [asterisk-biz] Looking for carrier grade redundant solution

2006-07-29 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, Christopher Aloi wrote: > As agents login to a queue or become 'available' Asterisk is maintaining > their state; I believe an agents state is maintained across an Asterisk > reload. Could an agents state be maintained should the second app server > take over for the first? >

Re: [asterisk-biz] Re: VMWare

2006-07-19 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Andrew Thompson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 10:47:41PM -0400, Greg Boehnlein wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, James Oakley wrote: > > > I've heard of people running Asterisk successfully under Xen, which is > > > fundamentally diffe

Re: [asterisk-biz] Re: VMWare

2006-07-18 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, James Oakley wrote: > On Monday 17 July 2006 11:23 pm, Greg Boehnlein wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > > > Can Asterisk be configured so the paths through it which require the > > > timing accuracy of the real CPU get t

[asterisk-biz] Re: VMWare

2006-07-17 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > Can Asterisk be configured so the paths through it which require the > timing accuracy of the real CPU get those, while the rest of the server > can be embedded in a scalable VMWare fabric? Perhaps you could tune the living crap out of Vmware

Re: [asterisk-biz] Re: VMWare

2006-07-17 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Bob Smith wrote: > well i mean using vmware to run asterisk on a live environment.. > > of course for testing its all good All virtualization technologies (Vmware, Xen, User Mode Linux, Colinux etc.. ) will inherently have problems w/ timing granularity that will lead to c

Re: [asterisk-biz] Softswitch Required

2006-06-11 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > Is that 1.4 feature included in a short list on the Web of the 1.4 > featureset, content suitable for presentations to "feature > consumers" (not engineers)? Not that I am aware of. The changelogs and the final summary of what will be includ

Re: [asterisk-biz] Softswitch Required

2006-06-11 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Sergey Kuznetsov wrote: > BTW, Tekelec T7000 is quite bad with SIP notifies and subscriptions. And > it dislikes Asterisk OOB DTMF tones ( RFC2833), because it's > quite short ( only 100 msec) Asterisk 1.4 w/ Variable Length DTMF support should solve a lot of the DTMF inter

RE: [asterisk-biz] Termination Services -- CRAZY SALE!

2006-06-10 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Brian wrote: > Nope.. Your balance is good for as long as you choose to use it. There is > no expiration, bong, maintenance or hidden fee?s. Are other providers giving bongs with their service? Some of the Termination providers I speak with appear to be using bongs on a reg

RE: [asterisk-biz] VoicePulse's New Tiered Pricing is a Huge Success!

2006-06-07 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Support wrote: > Todd had a true and valid point. Plainvoip has a LCR MACRO app like > voicepulse. I was going to make one utilizing both companies Knowing some of the call volumes I push (upwards of 50 SIP call setups / second in some cases) I would cringe to think what w

Re: [asterisk-biz] Digium T400P Clone For Sale

2006-05-24 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 24 May 2006, Paul wrote: > So stir up some new products. I would love to see an iax2 ata that takes > plugin fxo and fxs modules. It should also support iax2 trunking. That > would allow more of us to support your efforts with our wallets. I second that request! :) -- Vice President

RE: [asterisk-biz] Selling the source code forasteriskcallcentersolution

2006-05-24 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 24 May 2006, Michael Workman wrote: > Digium does not own this guys call center software so why should he make > it open source Did I miss something? When did Digium reccomend that he open source his software? I thought someone on the mailing list, not affiliated or representing Di

RE: [asterisk-biz] Selling the source code for asterisk callcentersolution

2006-05-24 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 24 May 2006, Michael Workman wrote: > You ask EVERYONE to make all there work and effort Open Source cause you > don't want to pay. > But if we follow the Rules according to GPL... then Why the Hell is had not > Digium made the g729 and g723.1 Codec's open source... Because they are p

Re: [asterisk-biz] Drop Shipping

2006-05-22 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Mon, 22 May 2006, Cory Andrews wrote: > Dovid - If you are in a real pinch, I have a few Snom 360's in our New Open > Box stock, I can offer you a significant discount on them. Otherwise, there > is a manufacturer backorder on the 360 at present. I'll vouch for Cory's company... voipsupply.

Re: What's a "Phone"? (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] Nufone appears to be on the rebound)

2006-05-19 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > The FCC has used the "reasonable service expectation" policy as a > criterion for VOIP 911 service support: > http://www.technewsworld.com/story/43229.html . > > The New York City Council (legislature), among other jurisdictions uses >

Re: [asterisk-biz] Nufone appears to be on the rebound

2006-05-19 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Thu, 18 May 2006, Paul wrote: > Bret, > > I was strictly referring to protection of the numbers. I think the state > and federal regulators need to require that portable numbers be offered > in more cases(although reasonable fees may be charged). This requirement > could be based on total subs

RE: [asterisk-biz] Reliable US Toll-Free Provider Needed

2006-05-13 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sat, 13 May 2006, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > I like asterlink.com. $1.95/mo $0.02/min and quite reliable in my > experience. They do both sip and iax2. I'll second that. I use Asterlink for some inbound 800 and occasional overflow on my outbound, and it has always been solid and rel

RE: [asterisk-biz] VoicePulse Connect for Asterisk -- Signup Bonus

2006-05-03 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 3 May 2006, Support wrote: > I am termination provider. I am working on DID?s when I get them I will > setup customer service via phone. > > For now email [EMAIL PROTECTED] everyone using the platform hasn?t > voiced any issues w/o us having > > a phone number. > > Now question is..

RE: [asterisk-biz] Does VoIP Really Work for Serious Business?

2006-03-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Steve Totaro wrote: > This is a great and honest email. I am looking forward to the replies. > > My thoughts are VoIP is ready for serious business on the LAN and point > to point links. > > Thanks, > Steve Totaro Yep.. I make two distinctions when I do my "Deploying Asteri

Re: [asterisk-biz] Domain register, Web Hosting and e-commerce

2006-02-21 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, moris aloco wrote: > Hi All, > What do you guys think about this company for Web Hosting and e-commerce. > Please advice > www.1and1.com I would check out http://www.cybrhost.com as well. Excellent support and they provide the Miva Merchant platform as well. -- Vice P

Re: [asterisk-biz] The Value of VoIP subscribers

2006-02-19 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, CC Asterisk wrote: > Hi, > Any suggestions how to figure out the value of a subscriber? Say you have X > amount of subscribers on monthly contracts on your VoIP service and they > produce Y cashflow with Z gross profit every month - what would be their > value. > Thanks > M

Re: [asterisk-biz] O'Reilly's Etel Conference

2006-01-19 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 23:34 -0500, BJ Weschke wrote: > > and/or the nearest piano, no? :) > > Oh the conference on building a telco with open source should be > interesting, as I understand it its about an asterisk implementation in > iraq.

Re: [asterisk-biz] O'Reilly's Etel Conference

2006-01-18 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 17:06 -0500, Greg Boehnlein wrote: > > Hey there, > > Just wanted to drop a line and let people know that I'll be > > heading to San Francisco for O'Reilly's Etel. If you are int

[asterisk-biz] O'Reilly's Etel Conference

2006-01-18 Thread Greg Boehnlein
Hey there, Just wanted to drop a line and let people know that I'll be heading to San Francisco for O'Reilly's Etel. If you are interested in attending, there are some free passes floating around. If anyone is interested in getting together for a beer, let me know! Info on the conferenc

RE: [Asterisk-biz] SuperMicro Servers

2005-12-16 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Tony Nichols wrote: [Deleted] > I have had GREAT luck with the LSI sata 150-4. Two systems at near TB > (850gb) > > SUSE 9.3 -10.0 and Mandriva both liked them. I have had good luck with all LSI products as well. I tend to prefer the LSI Logic cards when I need SCSI RAID,

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Re: Brekeke IP PBX

2005-12-16 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Moshe Maeir wrote: > Anyone familiar with this? Is it better than Asterisk? Or is a question > like that not suitable to the list? > www.brekeke.com Heard of it. Haven't looked at it. It appears there is a Trial that you can download for free. Why not do so and report back

Re: [Asterisk-biz] SuperMicro Servers

2005-12-15 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Lee Sanders wrote: > For IDE raid you have many choices but AFAIK only one is a true hardware raid > card and thats 3Ware. 3Ware has good Linux support. > > I wouldn't touch anything else now. Agreed. 3ware PATA / SATA raid cards are cheap, and we spec them all the time. I

RE: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Jonathan k. Creasy wrote: [Deleted] > Exactly my point. I was annoyed about the Polycom IP301 not having a > speaker phone or as Polycom likes to say "Not a full-duplex > speakerphone". > > I don't understand why they would build the IP301 like it is, without a > microphone.

RE: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Jonathan k. Creasy wrote: > I should have been more clear. I was talking about the IP301 which > doesn't have a full-duplex speakerphone. (Something I can't really > understand) Huh? The IP301 can't really be considered a Speaker Phone, as it has no microphone whatsoever. Ful

RE: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Kenneth Shaw wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 13:52 -0500, Greg Boehnlein wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Jonathan k. Creasy wrote: > > > > > Heh, it's better than the Polycom. > > > > No way. :) Polycom has about the best

RE: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Jonathan k. Creasy wrote: > Heh, it's better than the Polycom. No way. :) Polycom has about the best quality speakerphone I've ever heard.. :) -- Vice President of N2Net, a New Age Consulting Service, Inc. Company http://www.n2net.net Where everything clicks in

Re: [Asterisk-biz] RFQ: USA IAX Services, focused on support

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On 8 Nov 2005, Jon Carnes wrote: > > Unless you are a CLEC, you are not going to get into a Central office to > > gain access to the last mile facilities. Yes, you could Co-Lo all of your > > equipment at a CLEC, but that would not be Voice over the Public Internet. > > it would still be over a

Re: [Asterisk-biz] RFQ: USA IAX Services, focused on support

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Matt Riddell wrote: > Greg Boehnlein wrote: > > While in general, I am not a fan of the hosted PBX model, if you are going > > to do it, make sure you do it using a VoPN model. > > Not to nitpick but... > > Depends...if you colo with the last m

RE: [Asterisk-biz] RFQ: USA IAX Services, focused on support

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On 7 Nov 2005, Jon Carnes wrote: > I whole heartedly disagree with this blanket statement. > > I know you are trying to say that termination services provided via VoIP > over the internet are unreliable - and that is very true in our age. > > However VoIP services can be extremely clear and rel

Re: [Asterisk-biz] RFQ: USA IAX Services, focused on support

2005-11-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Deleted] > In other words, I want to develop my Asterisk applications for my > customers, but I'd rather not have to become an ISP in order to do so. > I want to outsource. > > Are there many providers who offer this? I'm just getting into this > spa

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Re: Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-02 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: [Deleted] > They hired you to consult for them, didn't they? Yes.. the running joke around here is that we LOVE to talk to [EMAIL PROTECTED] customers, because we make more money from them! ;) -- Vice President of N2Net, a New Age Consulting Service, I

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Re: Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: > > Now.. would you like to argue the fact that more packages == more > > security > > holes? Think of it this way: PBXware and Astlinux can coexist in > > about 45 > > megabytes of storage, running out of a Compact Flash and can be > > loaded in > > less

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Re: Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: > > [Deleted] > > > >> You should take another look at the time saver. Since that is > >> what it > >> really is. > > > > Or I could just buy a commercial product that provides the same > > features > > and saves even more time. ;) > > And costs more. It'

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: [Deleted] > So, in the end, contrary to your original post, this boils down to > "Different strokes for different folks" and "I don't like AMP because > it doesn't mesh with the way I work" rather than (and I'm > paraphrasing here) "[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Re: Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Paul wrote: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Greg Boehnlein wrote, > > >There are two things that I cannot find a way to customize via the > >_custom.conf files: > > >1. Inbound routing based on analog trunk: If I want to route calls coming > >in

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: [Deleted] > Now, if you are the type of person who wants unlimited control over > asterisk, then you shouldn't use AMP/[EMAIL PROTECTED], because the GUI > necessarily > places limits on the level of customization you can make. Yes. My point exactly. And

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Jason Becker wrote: > Greg Boehnlein wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: > > > > > >>What problems? Which version? It works very, very well for me. > > > > > > As long as you need to do things the wa

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Re: Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Paul wrote: [Deleted] > You should take another look at the time saver. Since that is what it > really is. Or I could just buy a commercial product that provides the same features and saves even more time. ;) -- Vice President of N2Net, a New Age Consulting Service, I

Re: [Asterisk-biz] IP Pabx Appliance

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Nick wrote: > We have been looking for products similar to the SNOM VoIP Box > http://www.snom.com/snom_voip_box.html, as we have quite a few clients that > this could be suitable for. > > While we like the Snom option, we want to see what other offerings are out > there. W

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-10-31 Thread Greg Boehnlein
> Tom > > On Oct 31, 2005, at 5:02 PM, Greg Boehnlein wrote: > > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], IMNSHO is definitely the way to go for a Small office > >> with 35 users. Which version of [EMAIL PROTECTED] had t

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

2005-10-31 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Tom Rymes wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], IMNSHO is definitely the way to go for a Small office > with 35 users. Which version of [EMAIL PROTECTED] had the bug you are talking > about > (which has been fixed, as mentioned...)?? No.. oh god NO! PLEASE do not reccomend [EMAIL

Re: [Asterisk-biz] 911 discussion re-run

2005-10-28 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 27 Oct 2005, Jon Carnes wrote: > > > We update the local PSAP database using a app from Omali > > http://www.om2tech.com/display.asp > > Interesting. I was trying to get in touch with local PSAP in NYC - but > what I'm being told is that I have

Re: [Asterisk-biz] a list of *-based hardware pbx's?

2005-10-25 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: > There are three Digium Partners findable via the Digium web site that do > exactly that. They are (in no particular order): > > Vonik > Fonality > Switchvox Don't know about the other two, but Switchvox has solid engineering, a great GUI and excel

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Digium Announces Highest Analog Density Card i n Open Source Telephony Market - 24-ports/card

2005-10-24 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Leif Madsen wrote: > On 10/24/05, Colin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anybody seen this thing? Curious about the amphenol connector - is there a > > "hydra" style connector for it or would you have to make one? > > I've seen it just the other day (yes, it does exist

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Ffork - OpenPBX.org

2005-10-08 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > releasing binaries containing asterisk. Yes, it is inconvenient. So work > around it, via woomera/openh323 or other things that do not infringe on > copyrights of authors. Judging from who is involved w/ it, and the fact that it pretty much sa

Re: [Asterisk-biz] A question about ethics, I suppose

2005-05-22 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sun, 22 May 2005, Robert Wolpov wrote: [DELETED] > Unfortunately (for hourly based consultants) 9 out of 10 clients will ask > for more than they want to pay! This is why you need formal payment terms > before the work is done! At some point in the growth of your consulting business, you m

RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk at ISPcon

2005-05-20 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Thu, 19 May 2005, Tim Simms wrote: > Have a link? http://www.ispcon.com If you are interested in manning the booth, talk to Rick Segrest. -- Vice President of N2Net, a New Age Consulting Service, Inc. Company http://www.n2net.net Where everything clicks into place!

Re: [Asterisk-biz] sip phone w/headset jack

2005-05-12 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 10 May 2005, Ed Greenberg wrote: > Polycom and Cisco. > > I don't like the fact that the Polycom (IP-500) tends to reset the headset > volume for each call :( That is a configurable option that you can set. I believe it is called "headset memory" and can be configured (as with EVERYTHI

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Vonage bows to 911 pressure

2005-05-06 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Thu, 5 May 2005, Mojo Jojo wrote: > Geesh, thanks.. I guess I should just go put a bullet in my head.. That depends on your business plan, or lack of one, as well as how you go to market and what your capitalization is. Either you will have the money to step up to the plate and fight to surv

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Vonage bows to 911 pressure

2005-05-05 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Thu, 5 May 2005, Ted Wallingford wrote: > On Thursday, May 05, 2005, at 01:56PM, Greg Boehnlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >Anyone that got into the VoIP business and didn't do their homework (aka > >the entire Lemonade Stand, Reseller of a Reseller

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Vonage bows to 911 pressure

2005-05-05 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Thu, 5 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is something I've been wondering about. What does this mean for the small > US based VOIP providers? We don't have the cash or the resources to partner > with the verizon's of the world in order to provide E911 Services. > > If the ruling comes d

Re: [Asterisk-biz] USA Termination

2005-04-25 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, list wrote: > All, > > The company I work for is offering USA @ $0.0075 / Minute for the Asterisk > community. This is a high quality route. There is no setup fee or any > hidden fees. We support SIP & IAX, you can also check your usage online. To > order please visit our

RE: [Asterisk-biz] FW: 911 Legislation

2005-04-21 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Rusty Shackleford wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Me > > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 4:08 PM > > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] FW: 911 Legislation > > I am not sure th

RE: [Asterisk-biz] Switchvox PBX

2005-04-01 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Alex Epshteyn wrote: > Strong statement ... I would be curious to know the definition of a > "reasonably good product". > > IMHO any Asterisk management interface "without limitations" will be too > complex, and anything simple and user friendly will be limiting. It really >