Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

2010-04-29 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Dan Journo wrote: > Sorry about the top-post. Only just discovered that it annoys people. Shame > you cant change Outlook to be more mailing list friendly. > > Don't worry, some others are annoyed by bottom posting. You can't keep everyone happy... :) :) Best regards, Vlasis Hatzistavrou.

Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for Mexico Mobile Provider

2010-03-18 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Hello, Sorry for the confusion, I meant that for accepting *wholesale *traffic from *other carriers* they almost exclusive use G729. For accepting traffic from *retail *clients, I guess this depends on the carrier. G711 is indeed a popular option in this case. Best regards, Vlasis Hatzistav

Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for Mexico Mobile Provider

2010-03-18 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Hello all, Just my 2 cents in defense of those carriers/resellers who prefer to receive G729 calls: :) Since most commercial VoIP carriers use G729 almost exclusively, in most cases there is no need for transcoding, (a reseller/carrier/whatever usually receives traffic in G729). In many case

Re: [asterisk-biz] India VoIP termination - FRAUD- BE Careful

2009-11-16 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
their reputations away. > > > > > 2009/11/15 Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI) <mailto:vh...@kinetix.gr>> > > Well, trade references, due diligence etc are usually OK, but since > these things refer to the past of a company, you never know when/if this >

Re: [asterisk-biz] India VoIP termination - FRAUD- BE Careful

2009-11-15 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
cause of a good past. Best regards, Vlasis Hatzistavrou. Wes Reece wrote: > What about simply asking for trade references and due diligence on your > potential customer? > > > 2009/11/3 Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI) <mailto:vh...@kinetix.gr>> > > Of, cou

Re: [asterisk-biz] India VoIP termination - FRAUD- BE Careful

2009-11-04 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
ng Solutions > > > -Original Message- > From: asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Vlasis > Hatzistavrou (KTI) > Sent: 2009 m. lapkričio 2 d. 13:54 > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discu

Re: [asterisk-biz] India VoIP termination - FRAUD- BE Careful

2009-11-02 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Just my 2 cents: there are escrow, exchange & clearinghouse services that one can use in order to secure business. Simple prepay/postpay nowadays is too dangerous, not only with small & unknown operators but even with large & well known carriers. They too will dispute just about anything... Be

Re: [asterisk-biz] Consortium of Sorts for Interconnects and VoIP providers to a Lesser Degree

2009-01-28 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Hello, Interesting idea. Is this about a US-only consortium or an international consortium? Best regards, Vlasis Hatzistavrou Kinetix Tele.com Helas Ltd. Monastiriou 9 & Enotikon 54627 Thessaloniki Greece Tel.: +302310556134 Fax: +302310556134 (ext. 0) GSM: +306977835653 e-mail: vh...@kinetix.gr

Re: [asterisk-biz] extra capacity for Romania proper

2008-11-06 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Hello, Regarding the preference for N. American traffic thanks for the clarification. In comparison with the peak-off peak model it makes sense. Now regarding the market average: almost everyone's market average reference is Arbinet nowdays. Using this market as well as offers/targets from oth

Re: [asterisk-biz] Extra-capacity for Romania proper

2008-11-05 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Hello, Two quick questions: 1) Why preferably North American traffic? Is there any difference if it originates from European countries? 2) I couldn't help notice that the offered prices are a lot higher than the current market average both for landlines and mobiles. One would expect that a di

Re: [asterisk-biz] General development funding: discussion and survey

2008-10-31 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
John Todd wrote: > Any mechanism that could improve the > Asterisk Open Source project is interesting to me, regardless of how > well we believe the current model works. If there's interest - > great! Let's see if it's serious. If not, OK, then things seem to be > working as they are no

Re: [asterisk-biz] CLEC/other Origination.

2008-10-16 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > [...] Its also my experience that when people do > not state the country they want, they mean the US - its like all those > webpages for voip companies that say "international calls" and "domestic > calls" and really mean "non-US calls" and "US calls" as if every

Re: [asterisk-biz] CLEC/other Origination.

2008-10-16 Thread Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
Which country are you referring to? This list has subscribers from many countries... -- Best regards, Vlasis Hatzistavrou. Nitzan Kon wrote: > List, > > We have a need for several thousand DIDs from all areas of > the country. If you are a CLEC, Paging company, Cell carrier, > or any other ent