Re: [asterisk-biz] UK SIP Trunk Supplier

2011-08-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 02:56:39PM +0200, Patrick Lists wrote: > On 08/18/2011 02:53 PM, Chris Bagnall wrote: > >>I'm looking for someone to terminate calls to the PSTN in the UK - calls > >>delivered to them over SIP. > >>I need to be able to set CLI to anything on these calls. > >We can certainl

Re: [asterisk-biz] [UK] 03333 numbers et al

2011-04-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:06:03AM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > Getting really confused over what numbers are best for both a business and > > a client ?!?!? 0845/0800 numbers used to be the ones; though with 0845 the > > providers got a kick back as-well. If you are a new UK business, and with

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Wholesale SIP providers

2011-03-15 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 09:58:20PM +, Gavin Henry wrote: > On 3 March 2011 12:52, Steve Kennedy wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 12:26:14PM -, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > >>    The company I work for is looking to find a wholesale SIP trunk > >>    provider in the

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Wholesale SIP providers

2011-03-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 12:26:14PM -, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: >The company I work for is looking to find a wholesale SIP trunk >provider in the UK that delivers a service similar to Vitelity in the >US. We would require the ability to purchase wholesale minutes which >we could th

Re: [asterisk-biz] Colocation in UK for Asterisk server

2010-11-11 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 02:16:44AM +0100, Patrick Lists wrote: > On 11/10/2010 08:39 PM, Bruce B wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > Looking to co-locate 4U of Asterisk appliance in a data-center in UK > > (mostly London). Can anyone with experience, point me to the best of the > > best data centers there

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK GSM gateway with Asterisk?

2010-11-02 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 07:12:02PM +, Mike Dent wrote: > Can anybody recommend a single line GSM gateway that is compatible > with Asterisk and available in the UK? > I have a spare FXO port on my Sangoma A200 card if it will interface > with this? Or do they usually present as an extension/FX

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK IVR Voice Recording

2010-10-15 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 07:12:16AM -0400, Dan Journo wrote: >Hi, >Can anyone recommend a professional voice over company in the UK? (with >a UK voice). >I saw somewhere that there was a lady charging �1 per word that people >seemed to like, but i can't find it now. I had a com

Re: [asterisk-biz] Howler Tech - Gone?!?

2010-09-02 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 03:20:03PM -0500, Tim Nelson wrote: > Greetings all- > A recent search for information on a Howler Technologies product gave a > startling discovery. It appears they have closed up shop and gone AWOL. Does > anyone have knowledge of what happened? They appeared to be a ra

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK

2010-07-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:13:03PM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > Hi, we currently use magrathea telecom for inbound and outbound dialing > > but > > we're looking for a backup provider... can anyone recommend someone? > In my experience I don't think Magrathea have "been down" for more than a

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

2010-04-29 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 03:19:09PM +0100, Abdul Hakeem wrote: > b) The big 5 (and now 6 if you include Virgin) are being firced to open up > the central porting database etc to new-entrants. UK01 (Mundio Mobile) are > such a player and have interconnects (maybe via a 3rd party) roaming with > T-Mo

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

2010-04-29 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:40:41PM +0100, Abdul Hakeem wrote: [snip] > There's an EU directives in place capping data and roaming charges. > It's a bit of saying if I put in more secure locks on my door that would > only give the burglar incentive to try another trick !. I believe there's a cap i

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

2010-04-29 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:15:58PM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > To everyone whose business has been hurt or impaired by the practices of the > > big 5 operators in the UK, perhaps you could all sign a petition by > > following the > > link below, or attached email: > > OFCOM is now in consulta

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

2010-04-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 06:46:03PM +0100, David Knell wrote: [snip] > >> > That's called tromboning and to get sensible rates means you're > >> > probably > >> > breaking the law. > >> No, you're not. > > You are if you change CLI so you're not coming form a UK number, but the > > call is origina

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

2010-04-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 04:31:12PM +0100, David Knell wrote: > >> We're also a VoIP provider in the UK, and from what I recall, 6p/min is > >> very close to the *wholesale* termination rate for fairly sizeable > >> volumes. > >> I have heard reports of people getting cheaper interconnects with t

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

2010-04-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 01:16:58PM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > Actually, my client just pointed out that the rate is in fact 6p per minute > > weekday. > We're also a VoIP provider in the UK, and from what I recall, 6p/min is very > close to the *wholesale* termination rate for fairly sizeabl

Re: [asterisk-biz] Anyone knows about wholesale text messaging contracts?

2010-01-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 09:54:16AM -0500, Jared Geiger wrote: >Some SMSs are sent via SS7 but a majority are via IP in the SMPP >protocol. All high volume carriers use SMPP to interconnect with only a >small subset going over SS7. All carriers interconnect via SS7 (MAP/SS7). User inte

Re: [asterisk-biz] Google voice outside USA

2009-12-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 06:53:17PM +, George Kwabenah Appiah wrote: > Hello guys, do you know if Google voice will be available outside > USA? Google will definitely launcg Google Voice outside US and they're already talking to EU telcos so they can provide PSTN connectivity. Steve

Re: [asterisk-biz] Loking UK London DID from direct provider

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 03:08:03PM +0300, David Knell wrote: > Unfortunately, the UK phone network doesn't support this. We had an SS7 > connection in to BT, and, whilst we could dial numbers with extra digits > OK from a BT landline, none of the mobile networks supported it. > > I need few Londo

Re: [asterisk-biz] London +44 020 0xxx xxxx New?

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:59:59AM -0400, Peter Beckman wrote: > I can't find any documentation that a UK number 020 0xxx is a London > number. I can find 020 3xxx is new and most Londoners don't know > about it, and that most Londoners believe only 020 7xxx and 020 8xxx > are

Re: [asterisk-biz] OpenBTS chat with David A. Burgess

2009-03-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote: > Hi, > "The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix > application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) > to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses > the Asterisk softwar

Re: [asterisk-biz] European mobile tariffs & US tariffs

2008-09-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:27:46PM -0500, Karl Fife wrote: > Does anyone know (roughly) how much wireless carriers in Europe get paid > by the terminating carrier? I know there's a term for this tariff, but > it escapes me. I know I pay roughly ten times as much to terminate on a > mobile than a

Re: [asterisk-biz] PRI in the UK

2008-09-06 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 10:42:20PM +0100, Mateusz Pawlowski wrote: > On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 16:11 -0400, Jared Geiger wrote: > > What would I order if I needed a PRI equivalent in the UK? Is it still > > called a PRI if it is over an E1? > It's ISDN 30e at the BT, or just ISDN 30 As above it's IS

Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services

2008-08-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 01:00:24PM -0400, Michael Trank wrote: > I think the money is made by locating the free conference services in > the networks of some > of the small rural telephone companies and cooperatives that are able to > charge the big carriers > on the order of several cents per m

Re: [asterisk-biz] Leased Lines / Internet access [offlist]

2008-07-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 09:40:36AM +0100, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: > I am looking at linking our office with the internet via a dedicated > line (not adsl) . > Is there any company in the UK that anyone reading this would recommend ? There are many providers in the UK that can do this. Demon/

Re: [asterisk-biz] route5060.com

2008-05-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 08:26:30PM -0700, Rehan Allah Wala wrote: > have u people tried it ? > i found it today, and it is a great great web site for selling and buying > routes. > > I have premium code listed below available to buyers. > > Minutes for sale. > > This is for UK premium calling. >

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK proposed wiretap legislation

2008-05-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:17:02PM +0200, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > I want to be clear, this is *proposed*. > Basically the UK gov is working on a database that would have at least > CDRs, email headers, and web requests (the headline suggests that > content is also preserved, but I do not

Re: [asterisk-biz] Need a UK 0800 Number.

2007-12-07 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 02:06:52PM -0500, Phil Adie wrote: > There is no such thing as a flat rate 0800 service in the UK. It is > billed on a per minute basis. > Your options are local rate 0845 which the customers pays the equivalent > per minute charge of a local or 0870 which is time of day

Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype Outage Leaves Millions Speechless

2007-08-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 09:12:40PM +0200, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On 8/18/07, Hermann Wecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Skype might finally turn out to be the $4 billion mistake many thought > > when eBay first bought it." > I thought the sale was $2B, where is the other $2B from? >

Re: [asterisk-biz] Mobile Termination via GSM Gateways

2007-08-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 01:52:52PM -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: > If you send enough traffic to a mobile carrier to warrant it, you might be > able to privately interconnect with them via TDM. Of course, they can be > very picky about this and generally will thumb their nose at you and tell > you

Re: [asterisk-biz] RFI

2007-06-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 06:45:55PM +0100, Steve Kennedy wrote: > I'm helping out with some friends in Seattle, they are looking for a > VoIP provider (preferrably who support Asterisk). > Can do SIP, but would like to use IAX with trunking if possible. > Features required: - >

[asterisk-biz] RFI

2007-06-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
in pref no charge for outbound lines, but pay for calls. Sensible call rates, charges and term commitments. Most calls will originate and terminate in US, but there will be some international in/out calls too. Please send info to myself steve (-at-) gbnet (-dot-) net Thanks Steve Kennedy --

Re: [asterisk-biz] 44-70x Numbers: Block? Evil?

2007-05-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:34:11AM -0400, Peter Beckman wrote: > This weekend a bunch of people with fraudulent credit cards hit my business > and set up a bunch of forwarding to +44 70x numbers. Not having done much > work in the UK yet, I didn't know what these were until I read this: > http:

Re: [asterisk-biz] Google's Toilet Internet Service

2007-04-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 02:39:51PM -0500, Mike Lynchfield wrote: >Reda, Linhan ,SuzHAN, or .. or whatever psycho combo there is... >"which includes setup guide, fiber-optic cable," >yeah right.. just that first paragraph is enough to filter the dim wits >from the real men.. >no

[asterisk-biz] GSM MSC/HLR/SMSC etc

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Kennedy
Can anyone provide GSM back-end infrastructure to support "private" GSM capabilities. Would prefer it to be Linux based. Needs to connect to real MNOs using E1 links/SS7 for voice and SMS. Needs to drive IP.Access BTS. Would be preferrable if the rest of the system was SS7/IP and using SIP. Wou

Re: [asterisk-biz] CDMA Gateways

2007-01-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 08:49:39AM -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > On Saturday 13 January 2007 8:39 am, Junaid Saeed Uppal wrote: > > I need a cdma gateway ( 16 - 32 ports ) , should be worldwide usable , > > Can anyone please recommend me some product that is stable and high > > quality? If you

[asterisk-biz] Slightly updated UK English voice prompts

2007-01-02 Thread Steve Kennedy
I believe there were some new prompts added for 1.4 for Directory Info. These have now been added to http://www.tel.net Have a good 2007. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekenn

Re: [asterisk-biz] 8 ports GSM PCI Card or Gateway

2006-12-25 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 03:35:17PM -0500, Steve Totaro wrote: > I see no mention of SMS. At least it's on the right list ... Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [

Re: [asterisk-biz] 8 ports GSM PCI Card or Gateway

2006-12-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:02:18PM -0500, Steve Totaro wrote: > What are the limitations of a SIM as far as writes? Is there some sort > of hard number? It's a limitation of Flash memory which degrades when written to. SIMs tend to use older type of memory which suffer more than modern Flash ca

Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype

2006-12-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 12:37:50PM -0500, Al Bochter wrote: >I think SkypeOut in only unlimited till the end of the year. >Unless Skype changed that. Nope, the recent announcement is unlimited forever (well until they change the plan). Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK

Re: [asterisk-biz] 8 ports GSM PCI Card or Gateway

2006-12-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 06:29:43PM -0500, Steve Totaro wrote: > Would this work in the US? I want to use it primarily to send SMS. It > seems that all of the SMS relay companies charge too much. It would be > great to stick my T-Mobile SIM into something like this, route through > asterisk t

Re: [asterisk-biz] RE: If money is not a considerationwho givesthebest SIP termination??

2006-11-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:10:36AM -0600, Mike Hammett wrote: > I know how the Internet works. I'm about to get my own AS for 7 sites in > the US and 2 in the EU with more to come. > If both endpoints share a common ISP, its ALMOST as good as having a > private IP link. The data does not cross

Re: [asterisk-biz] Termination to 44780, UK Premium?

2006-11-16 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 11:21:32AM -0500, Peter Beckman wrote: > Anyone have low, low rates to 44870? 0870 is not premium (yet), it's national rate. The cost of the call is set by Ofcom. As they generate revenue to the user of the number, it's difficult to get low rates on them. Steve -- Net

Re: [asterisk-biz] Revenue sharing DIDs

2006-10-31 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:45:22PM -0500, Al Bochter wrote: >How are revenue sharing regulations changing. Do you think it is going >away? Eventually revenue sharing will disappear, but it's still possible to earn revenue from UK termination. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 75

Re: [asterisk-biz] Revenue sharing DIDs

2006-10-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:12:40PM -0700, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: >On 10/27/06, Al Bochter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Are there any other providers that will share the incoming revenue? > Best regards, >I am sure there are, although they dont seem to say much about it. In wh

Re: [asterisk-biz] IAX Wifi Hardphone wanted

2006-10-11 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 07:07:00PM +0200, Christoph Merk wrote: > Hello List, > is anyone out there who can point me to a wireless IAX2 phone. > (no softphone, thnx :-) > After all, they are starting with the SIP wireless phones, but I want an > IAX2 WiFi phone CSR (A chip designer in Camb

Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for UK termination provider with porting capability

2006-10-05 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 07:30:40PM +0100, Nik Middleton wrote: > Yes, they can, but they're still very limited. > Looking for a provider that has a larger area code base Companies like THUS have porting agreements with most of the UK operators, however they want millions of minutes before there r

Re: [asterisk-biz] Popular Softswitches

2006-10-01 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 05:14:34PM +0100, Alistair Cunningham wrote: > Please see our Enswitch product. Links to the list of features and a > working demo of the web interface are at: > http://integrics.com/products/enswitch/ > Enswitch is in production with systems up to tens of thousands of use

Re: [asterisk-biz] Porting a London number

2006-09-20 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 04:43:21AM -0300, Hermann Wecke wrote: > Is it possible to port a (voip) number? 020-7043. > My old provider vanished, and after a few excuses, the very responsive > tech guy is now... dead. Depending on who "owns" the number. If it was a Magrathea number issued via a res

Re: [asterisk-biz] Changes of rules on 08x revenue share numbering in the UK

2006-09-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 09:02:05PM +0100, Andy Davidson wrote: > The proposed changes to 0870 outpayments are going to really hurt a > lot of UK companies who rely on this revenue (e.g. to give cheaper > international access to telecoms customers), or as end users have > built up customer lo

Re: [asterisk-biz] RE: Orange UK 50,000 Minutes Reqd

2006-09-05 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 11:09:07PM +0100, Andrew Philp wrote: > I am looking to purchase 50,000 minutes to Orange. (http://www.orange.co.uk) > They are a cell phone provider here in the UK and one of my customers are > running an outbound campaign to users of this Provider. My requirements are > q

[asterisk-biz] New UK prompts

2006-08-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
Further UK prompts have been added to the www.tel.net site. There's now a complete list of UK (England, Scotland, Wales) Counties, Towns and London Boroughs, as well as the standard 1.2 base and additional Asterisk sounds. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 /

Re: [asterisk-biz] GSM VoIP Gateway

2006-07-06 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:56:35AM +0100, Peter Bowyer wrote: > On 06/07/06, Mark Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Steve > >You may wish to check the UK legality issue, I know several companies that > >are doing tons of this product there? > Steve got it exactly right - GSM gateways are ill

Re: [asterisk-biz] GSM VoIP Gateway

2006-07-05 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 10:05:03AM -0700, Abdul Lateef wrote: > I checked VoISmart, but i found that they have only > for upto 4 channels. I need atleast 2 T1/E1 with multi > SIM card support. Dimension Data make these kinds of units, they do LCR etc. Thye are illegal in some parts of the world

Re: [asterisk-biz] A DID question

2006-06-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 11:03:22PM +0200, Guillaume ARNAUD _ Allomundo.com wrote: > I am not sure you understood the purpose of this SuperDID.. it is only > to use callback from countries where CallerID does not go through very well. > For exemple, my phone number in France is +3361650047 (it's

Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype Free International Calls

2006-06-24 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 01:08:28AM -0700, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 13:08 +1000, Craig Lawrence wrote: > > Frank, I suspect you're correct: > > 1. Imagine you are the guy at eBay that told ebay management and > > shareholders to buy Skype and the justification was the

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK English Sounds

2006-06-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 11:01:55AM -0400, Mark Phillips wrote: > What price for special order IVR items? Please Email Jay Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo

[asterisk-biz] UK English Sounds

2006-06-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
New versions of the Male UK English sound files are now available. We believe these are complete for v1.2.x of Asterisk and v1.2.1 of Asterisk-sounds. The LouisLouis song is missing (which is US anyway) and 7 seconds of silence, but everything else should be there. The vm voice prompts are now co

[asterisk-biz] Re: [Asterisk-Users] South Africa DIDs

2006-06-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 05:47:47PM +0100, Steve Kennedy wrote: > Is it possible to get Joburg DIDs (probably need 4 at the moment), to be > delivered via SIP preferrably to UK. > If it's legal, please send pricing. And that should have gone to the biz list, sorry. Steve -- NetT

Re: Skype + SIP (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype Free International Calls)

2006-06-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:37:23AM -0400, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: [snip] > We might not be looking at "the next Netscape", but are we looking at > the way that SIP eventually displaces Skype, and/or forces Skype to > gateway (bidirectionally) to SIP, the way AOL gateways to the rest of > t

Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype Free International Calls

2006-06-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 05:31:35AM -0700, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 21:57 +1000, Craig Lawrence wrote: > > Can anyone make sense of Skype's business model? See this... > > http://www.amperordirect.com/pc/r-skype-news/z-news-062106a.html > > I assume I'm missing someth

Re: [asterisk-biz] PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

2006-06-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 02:44:24AM -0700, Sam wrote: >Will anyone be interested in a partnership involving you to >allow "no-charge" call forwarding from our geographic landline numbers >to your UK 070 numbers or any other numbers you specify, if we assured >you of volume of traffi

Re: [asterisk-biz] FCC ruling that requires all VoIP providers to make wiretapping capabilities available to the U.S. government

2006-06-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 01:51:29PM -0400, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > Some people are discussing whether Skype's "free calls" gets them out > of these requirements: > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060612/1722232.shtml . Skype are registered in Belgium (or Luxemburgh - small European co

[asterisk-biz] UK Male English Voices

2006-06-06 Thread Steve Kennedy
I'd like to announce that the UK Male English Voices are now up on http://www.tel.net/ There's a complete set of base sounds and additional sounds (it should be complete compared to current Asterisk and Asterisk-Sounds-1.2.1). There's also a set with the word 'pound' replaced by 'hash' for both t

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK 0800 numbers at 3p peak and 2p off peak.

2006-05-31 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:34:44PM -0400, Mark Phillips wrote: > When will Blighty ever get off this peak/off-peak crap? When BT change their pricing structure !!! Or more likely when Ofcom force them to. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)85777

Re: [asterisk-biz] Spanish Profesional Free Voices

2006-05-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 06:02:15PM -0400, Alexander Lopez wrote: > > By "English" do you mean English or American? > I thought we ALREADY went to WAR over this about 230 Years Ago??? that was only a lttle battle, we're still planning revenge ;) Steve p.s. but it does explain why American tea ta

Re: [asterisk-biz] Mobile Roaming Agreements?

2006-05-19 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 11:03:04AM -0400, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > Who's got GSM mobile roaming agreements for re/license, with low > minutes rates? GPRS/EDGE/etc a plus. If someone does have a GSM network with UK roaming agreements and would back-end some GSM stuff, do get in contact.

Re: [asterisk-biz] 090,070, 0871 and 0800 UK Non-geographic numbers.

2006-05-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 08:06:58PM +0100, Conrad Wood wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 05:06 -0700, Sam wrote: > > Hi All > > We're seeking for providers of 090,070, 0871 and 0800 UK > > Non-geographic numbers. > We have been using netkonect (now mistral) and they have been most > accomodating to o

Re: [asterisk-biz] Hosting for Asterisk servers.

2006-04-25 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 04:43:00PM +0100, Linus Surguy wrote: > Sounds a great idea - although I think you explained it perfectly! Who is > your supplier? What you may not realise is that people like Colt, > Worldcom/Verizon etc. themselves offer colocation in datacentres and > usually you pay

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK terminations/origination and DID

2006-03-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 02:58:28PM -0800, Ioan Biris wrote: > can anyone tell me who are the biggest players for the UK market ? > We need good pricing for termination/origination and DIDs from Tier1 >only... i repeat tier1 only. In the UK rates are regulated by Ofcom (sort of equiv

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK unlimited calls

2006-03-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 12:13:17AM +0600, Kanishka Somaratne wrote: > does any one offers UK unlimited calls. > i can pay depending no of ports i use. In the UK you have to pay termination rates, which are set by the regulator. Anyone offering unlimited calls is working on averages, which can wor

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK mobile routes needed

2006-03-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 10:43:10PM -, Linus Surguy wrote: > Be careful what you ask for. Mobile termination rates in the UK are > regulated. If you are paying below cost for them, (and these routes are out > there), you are either getting illegal 'GSM Gateway' routes or routes that > are be

Re: [asterisk-biz] UK mobile routes needed

2006-03-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 04:58:14PM -, Linus Surguy wrote: [snip] > Our experience of BT Global/CNS recently is that that BT no longer offers a > blend between mobile & geographic numbers as a price offering - although > I'll happily be corrected on this. I believe they still do for large fo

Re: [asterisk-biz] Re: GSM Gateway and Asterisk - No callerID

2006-03-16 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 11:28:12AM +, Conrad Wood wrote: > I just had a look at ofcoms site and I found the link to "The scope of > mobile operators' 2G cellular licences issued under section 1(1) of the > Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and the legal status of the use of GSM > gateways" publishe

Re: [asterisk-biz] Re: GSM Gateway and Asterisk - No callerID

2006-03-16 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 11:14:03AM -, Steve Langstaff wrote: > Did Ofcom say how *far* the gateway had to move to be considered mobile? Nope, however I'd guess it has to move between cells. The worry of the operators was that a gateway (with lots of SIMs) could cause congestion on a single ce

Re: [asterisk-biz] Re: GSM Gateway and Asterisk - No callerID

2006-03-16 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 09:59:31AM -, Steve Langstaff wrote: > Strange (but possibly true). It sounds like a business can run an internal > department to implement such gateways, complete with intra-company cost > transfers I guess, and yet that function cannot be outsourced to another > co

Re: [asterisk-biz] Re: GSM Gateway and Asterisk - No callerID

2006-03-15 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:58:55PM +, Conrad Wood wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 14:04 +0100, Aldo Bergamini wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is believed to have said: [snip] > actually my quest for a compatible permanent sim-card discourages me a > bit. > After browsing around a bit I found the

Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for UK DIDs

2006-02-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 03:13:15PM -0500, Robert Wolpov wrote: >Can anyone recommend a quality source of UK DIDs? >Looking for DIDs with 25 simultaneous channels. Try Magrathea Telecom, Gradwell.com, Sipgate. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1

Re: [asterisk-biz] low cost wholesale voip terminator.

2006-02-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 07:16:03PM +0530, Vij wrote: > I'm looking for a low cost wholesale voip terminator. Call > volumes would exceed 1M mins/month. > destinations: all countries across the world. (80% to US (=>Cost of > termination to US should be very less), 10% to UK,CAN,AUS, 5% to arab

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

2006-02-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 04:21:58PM -0500, moris aloco wrote: >Hi All, >What do you guys think about this company for Web Hosting and >e-commerce. Please advice >[1]www.1and1.com Not had any direct experience, but they are a huge German operation (with UK too) and offer cost-effect

Re: [asterisk-biz] Good UK VoIP provider?

2006-02-04 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 10:58:48AM +0200, Garth van Sittert wrote: > Hi All > Can anyone recommend a good UK VoIP provider? Preferably someone in London. It depends what you mean by good. Pretty much all the telcos now support VoIP (C&W, BT, THUS, Carphone Warehouse) - but you'll probably need t

Re: [asterisk-biz] GSM Gateway

2006-01-29 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 04:25:11PM -0800, Dovid Bender wrote: >Thanks for all the replys to my previos question about GSM gateways. I >want to know if anyone know's of GSM gateways that I can put more than >one GSM chip into it. Thanks. There are several companies who make multi-SIM g

Re: [asterisk-biz] BT PRS rate change

2006-01-27 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 04:52:49PM -, Mark Ackroyd wrote: > > Use an operator that has it's own number blocks and isn't affected. > any idea who? .. at some point you have to go through a BT circuit, I > thought. Everyone is effected by this surely? BT are one of the telecoms providers in t

Re: [asterisk-biz] BT PRS rate change

2006-01-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 02:28:01PM -, Linus Surguy wrote: > BT has increased its bad debt surcharge at the interconnect level by about > 1.5% - this decrease in termination revenues will affect all PRS network > operators. This is likely to then be passed down to all PRS service > providers

Re: [asterisk-biz] T30 faxing

2006-01-25 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 07:39:35PM -0500, Darren Nickerson wrote: > "Steve Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It seems Brooktrout have just released a software fax solution that > >supports T.30, T.38 and SIP. > Are you talking about the SR140 product?

[asterisk-biz] T30 faxing

2006-01-24 Thread Steve Kennedy
It seems Brooktrout have just released a software fax solution that supports T.30, T.38 and SIP. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog htt

Re: [asterisk-biz] GSM Cellular to VOIP

2006-01-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:12:48PM -0800, Dovid Bender wrote: > It was a GSM gateway. You put the GSM chip into the > device and it acts like a phone. It's called a SIM (subscriber identity module) card. All the GSM stuff is in the "terminal" itself. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755

Re: [asterisk-biz] re: asterisk-biz Digest, Vol 18, Issue 54

2006-01-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 09:48:59AM -0700, Ken Brown wrote: >Looking for a journalist: >We are launching a newsletter entitled: eDisturbance News "Covering >what is and what ain't converging" >We need someone that would like to cover developments in open source >and telecom. We

Re: [asterisk-biz] European voip provider..

2006-01-11 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 04:33:46AM +0200, Christopher Bergstrm wrote: > Mike Fedyk wrote: > >How does this work for them? > >Specifically, how do they get free calls to the USA? Most companies > >here like to charge per minute fees, so I'm wondering how they avoid > >that and other problems inv

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Israel to block International VoIP calls?

2005-12-16 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:27:22AM -0500, C F wrote: > The point, I was very surprised to see that Israel has such laws that > still gives Bezek the control to stay the monopoly. But they do, it is > illegal in Israel to open a VoIP company like what we can do here > (which is getting harder here

Re: [Asterisk-biz] UK DID 0 208 £1 per month

2005-12-05 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:14:41AM -0800, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > > Please, if you are going to market London numbers, format them correctly! > > The code for London is 020, therefore your numbers are 020 80xx . > how long ago was it that BT started formatting them correctly? I don

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Looking for cheap UK mobile termination

2005-11-15 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:54:28PM +, Obelix wrote: > Are there any providers here that specialize in cheap UK mobile termination? I > am looking for sub 7p to all the major UK mobile networks? Mobile network termination in the UK isn't cheap, 7p is about what the networks charge (it does var

Re: [Asterisk-biz] D-Link DVX-1000

2005-11-09 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:21:29PM -0700, Colin Anderson wrote: > $1500 US! No ATA! For 15 hund, it's quite doable to make a real Asterisk PBX > to scale to 100 users with a single port t1 & 4 FXS (your cost there, though > and of course you would have to configure it yourself, but with AMP and/or

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Looking Euro Cell all breakouts

2005-10-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 08:01:34AM -0700, Ted Gibson wrote: >An example is all UK cell for .13, but for volume over 10mm I can get >down to .12 for all UK cell. >Again the terms depend on volume and your creditworthynes. >We are prepay, escrow and post pay with a security deposit.

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Developers Wanted - West London

2005-10-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 06:06:25PM +0100, Brian Mulligan wrote: >Syntec UK Ltd is a licensed telco offering a full range of >telecommunications services for National and International clients What's a licensed telco? Telco licenses were scrapped when the Communications Act came into force

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Music on hold licensing

2005-10-12 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 12:24:52PM +0100, Angus Comber wrote: > If I want to use music on hold from a music CD in the UK, what legal > process do I need to go through? Is there a standard way to apply for a > licence? or whatever? In the UK if you play commercial CD's (or any music that is NOT

Re: [Asterisk-biz] UK DIDs

2005-10-07 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 11:58:05AM +0100, Linus Surguy wrote: > If you have a genuine requirement for wholesale quantities, feel free to > contract us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] However revenue share is not > available on geographic numbers, and I very much doubt you will find anyone > prepared to ev

Re: [Asterisk-biz] www.google.com/talk/

2005-09-01 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 09:05:32AM +0200, Lars Dybdahl wrote: > Jive seems to be a jabber server, and there is currently not a > possibility to make Google Talk communicate with other jabber servers. > However, the Google people have announced that this will come. > They have some issues to deal w

Re: [Asterisk-biz] www.google.com/talk/

2005-08-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 06:18:17PM +0200, Lars Dybdahl wrote: > You don't. > Google Talk is based on the jabber.org protocol, and as far as I > understand, that's also the protocol that delivers the voice. Google talk is based on the XMPP protocol (or is that XMP protocol) which happened to be ma

Re: [Asterisk-biz] www.google.com/talk/

2005-08-25 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:00:01PM -0500, Eric Wieling aka ManxPower wrote: > Steve Kennedy wrote: > >Which voice codecs do you support? > >Today, Google Talk supports the following standard voice codecs: PCMA, > >PCMU, G.723, iLBC. We are also evaluating the Speex code

Re: [Asterisk-biz] www.google.com/talk/

2005-08-24 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:48:31PM -0500, Jason Garland wrote: > I ran the RTP packets thru a VoIP packet analyzer and it could not > identify the audio codec. It also could not identify the initiation > protocol. The whole thing is proprietary. Which voice codecs do you support? Today, Google

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