[asterisk-biz] Are there free DID in Australia/NZ?

2007-05-05 Thread Wilson Pickett
There are free DID in the USA, in the UK, in Italy and I think, Germany. Where else? Anywhere in Europe and especially are there any in Australia or New Zealand? ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNS

[asterisk-biz] Asterisk Users Conference Friday 12:30PM EDT

2007-05-04 Thread Wilson Pickett
Hello again, Among other things, we'll be talking about SIP/IAX origination and termination today, so if you provide these services, you may want to call in and introduce yourselves. Anyone reading this is welcome to join these weekly discussions and we have some interesting guests in the coming

[asterisk-biz] Need DID that can dial a number and send DTMF

2007-05-01 Thread Wilson Pickett
I'm looking for DID, possibly toll-free, that can be called, dial a phone number in PA, send DTMF upon answer. Trivial stuff with asterisk, but my pbx is not in the US so the lag time (for two legs) is not practical. In other words, a person calls NNN NNN they are connected to the PA number

[asterisk-biz] SIP provider for Buenos-Aires?

2007-04-25 Thread Wilson Pickett
Not a big business deal, but looking for suggestions for a good friend who is moving there. He will have a cable connection and I suggested he hang a SIP phone on that to be able to call the US from there. Do any of you have suggestions as to who would be relatively low latency from Argentina? ti

[asterisk-biz] Friday 12:30PM EDT Asterisk Users Conference

2007-04-24 Thread Wilson Pickett
AUC is Friday at 12:30 PM EDT. See http://x2z.eu for the non-Cisco skinny on it Hi, I'm happy to announce that our guest this week will be Jay Phillips who will tell us more about Adhearsion. Haven't heard about Adhearsion? Quoting from the article at http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9519 "

Re: [asterisk-biz] Chris Polk is out of the office.

2007-04-24 Thread Wilson Pickett
I am in the office and barely have time to check my mail. When I do I find this. (and answer it!) > I will be out of the office, but will be checking email and voicemail. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing

Re: [asterisk-biz] app_voicemail.c

2007-04-20 Thread Wilson Pickett
I'm French, and my English is not very good. So, I excuse me. I Ton anglais est parfait. Par contre, tu poste dans le mauvais forum... Essaye asterisk-users et aussi tu peux joindre #asterisk sur IRC.freenode.net pour voir si quelsu'un veut discuter de cela. /r _

[asterisk-biz] Asterisk Users Conference Friday, April 20th at 12:30 PM EDT

2007-04-18 Thread Wilson Pickett
Hello again, Mark Spencer will be joining us for questions on at least one of these conferences (we've discussed this), but his schedule is such that we can't promise he'll be there this week. There are several ways to be involved. You can listen to a stream live, listen to past recorded confere

[asterisk-biz] Asterisk Users Conference Friday, April 13th at 12:30 PM EDT

2007-04-13 Thread Wilson Pickett
Any and all users of Asterisk are invited to talk about asterisk and related things like protocols, etc live in this series of Friday interactive conferences on the Talkshoe.com conference bridge. There are several ways to be involved. You can listen to a stream live, listen to past recorded conf

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

2006-05-18 Thread Wilson Pickett
This is not mentioned on their public news page, so I won't go into detail. Those of you who are tollfree USA DID customers should be sure to check for mail from Nufone as they have a new config section that requires your attention. I'm guessing that these numbers will be coming back online "soon"

[asterisk-biz] All users get free USA/Canada calls

2006-05-16 Thread Wilson Pickett
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14586267.htm "SAN JOSE, Calif. - Skype, eBay Inc.'s Internet telephone subsidiary, has stopped charging users for dialing up people on traditional landline and mobile phones in the U.S. and Canada. The Internet telephone service, whic

Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for 800/888/866/877 DID

2006-05-14 Thread Wilson Pickett
People, this is the biz list, but please do not write to me privately every time I try to help someone. I am not interested in your pitches. This is only the latest of several from the usual 5 people that hangout here to hook customers. Further *unsolicited* private pitches will go to spamcop whic

Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for 800/888/866/877 DID

2006-05-14 Thread Wilson Pickett
Looking for 800/WATS DID via sip or IAX, and interconnect on west coast and chicago. In addition to the answers you may get here, try Google for the words toll free termination ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mai

Re: [asterisk-biz] Seshu Kanuri is No Longer at Novartis

2006-05-07 Thread Wilson Pickett
I will be reading my mail but not understanding any of it because it's Russian spam. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [asterisk-biz] Nuphone comment

2006-05-05 Thread Wilson Pickett
On 5/5/06, Michael Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does that include the Money Paid UP FRONT for Service NOT DONE by "Shido6" USING Nuphone's name... I was referring to Nufone, not nuphone. If you have a complaint with this person I suggest you take it up with him or her. ___

[asterisk-biz] Nuphone comment

2006-05-05 Thread Wilson Pickett
I am a retail voIP end-user at home and at the office (same connections, thanks to asterisk). At the office, we have many local carriers AND two copper pair backups. Those have NEVER been off. We also have several incoming USA tollfree numbers, now up to five where before we had two. The one we u

Re: [asterisk-biz] Voicepulse Connect for Asterisk

2006-04-30 Thread Wilson Pickett
On 4/29/06, Robert Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree with you completely. I have a number with them that I was able to port over from a cellular carrier and service has been great. That said... I am NOT liking them wanting me to FAX them a copy of all my credit card information including

[asterisk-biz] Voicepulse Connect for Asterisk

2006-04-28 Thread Wilson Pickett
I've used Voicepulse connect for over a year and it works very well. They just announced some things I find of interest: "To emphasize our commitment to the Asterisk community and our eagerness to promote its use, the service will now be referred to as: VoicePulse Connect for Asterisk" "New API.

Re: [asterisk-biz] EuroIAX: new VoIP termination provider

2006-04-24 Thread Wilson Pickett
On 4/24/06, Florian Overkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good ping time (from here) > > Cogent seems to have some issues between paris and madrid, causing a > roundtrip of approx. 60ms. A bit on the high side to my liking :-) Same here but compared to my usual ~100ms to the USA, it rocks :) Thi

Re: [asterisk-biz] EuroIAX: new VoIP termination provider

2006-04-24 Thread Wilson Pickett
On 4/19/06, Filipe Murias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Invictasoft is proud to announce the launch of EuroIAX (www.euroiax.com), a > new VoIP termination provider. > EuroIAX offers global A-Z VoIP termination at very competitive prices. We > accept IAX and SIP protocols together with the most commo

Re: [asterisk-biz] IAX2 hard phone or ATA recommendation

2006-04-19 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Any one can recommend a hard phone or ATA for IAX? There are many PA1688-based units out there, google for that chip for example: http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=PA168 Foloow the other links on the wiki, there's plenty of info there. Here'sd the firmware link http://www.aredfox.c

Re: [asterisk-biz] Direct Centrex - cheap with horrible service

2006-03-17 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Can we help you by providing the services that you deserve? If so, share > with me your requirements and we'll see if we can provide those services. Why are you answering this? Are you part of directcentrex or do you know what country they're in? ___

Re: RE : [asterisk-biz] France Termination

2006-03-17 Thread Wilson Pickett
> I agree with François, these are all good providers with good service, > which in this country is RARE! I should add that I'm back complaining to DirectCentrex AGAIN after waiting 6 days for a problem resolution. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided

[asterisk-biz] Direct Centrex - cheap with horrible service

2006-03-17 Thread Wilson Pickett
A ticket submitted to DirectCentrex 6 days ago about an intermittent rejected register that leaves us without service for hours at a time has remaind without reslution or apparently any attempts at doing anything. Do I really want to give our incoming DC numbers to customers? There was a single a

Re: RE : [asterisk-biz] France Termination

2006-03-15 Thread Wilson Pickett
> http://www.acropolistelecom.net/ > http://www.axialys.net/ > http://www.plugandtel.com/ I agree with François, these are all good providers with good service, which in this country is RARE! ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- as

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

2006-03-13 Thread Wilson Pickett
> - The quality of DSL/cable access is an easy place to start pointing the > blame. It is definitely a factor, but not the only one. Most users Would those of you who think this indicate whether you would include "professional" SDSL type connections with home ADSL or not? ___

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

2006-03-08 Thread Wilson Pickett
> We have been installing Asterisk for customers for about a year now, and we > are beginning to wonder if parts of VoIP are really ready for serious > business. Aside from carrier network problems, the real question in my mind is, do you want to compare voIP with cellphone quality or twisted pair

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Looking for a French provider

2006-02-23 Thread Wilson Pickett
> These numbers usually involve a "credit temps", which is some kind of setup > fee. It may make a big difference for short calls. Salut Nicolas, tu nous a manqué à la dernière réunion :) They gave no explanation but they did credit my account rather quickly (within a few days). What I tend to d

Re: [asterisk-biz] huge conference call

2006-02-16 Thread Wilson Pickett
> BargainConference.com has a scalable , reservationless conferencing platform > that includes a lecture mode, user punting, call recording and a ton of > other features. It was developed by a member of this listserv. > www.bargainconference.com That actually looks pretty decent at 4c/min. I can'

Re: RE : [Asterisk-biz] Looking for a French provider

2006-02-15 Thread Wilson Pickett
Providers in France... I just happened to look at the price listing on DirectCentrex after making a 0810 call. Their price listed is 0.017/min. The charges on several recent calls I made were more like 0.65/min ! I have written them to find out more. _

Re: [asterisk-biz] How much to charge

2006-02-13 Thread Wilson Pickett
> > In fact you would be lucky to get $60! > We charge $57/hour for residential technology services. And the recommended variations for residential services: if they watch? $75 if they help? $150 if they have a wonderful young daughter... ___ --Bandwi

Re: [asterisk-biz] Static IP

2006-02-10 Thread Wilson Pickett
> The only problem with using such a service that I see is that not all > providers can teminate IAX traffic from a dynamic IP even with a FQDN. > Not all do DNS lookups. You'd possibly need to reload chan_iax2.so. I had this problem running an IAXy once. In the script that reloaded sip.conf I als

Re: [asterisk-biz] voip provider with a pstn breakout in Europe.

2006-01-26 Thread Wilson Pickett
On 1/25/06, Schweizer Laurent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are a new enterprise and we are looking for a voip provider with a pstn > breakout in Europe to terminate our traffic. > If someone is interested, please send technical detail like protocol > accepted, supported codec …, conditions and t

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

2006-01-11 Thread Wilson Pickett
> a) transports the call over pstn from europe to the US.. (other routes I > really don't care so much about.) > b) supports gsm, g729a, and g711u (rarely will be used.) > c) average latency of under 100ms for most of europe Would IAX be of interest? Voicepulse is usually (just) under 100ms from h

Re: [Asterisk-biz] looking for trusted voip provider

2005-12-30 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Trying to figure this VoIP thing out: > > I'm guessing the reason for using both Voipjet and Junction is redundancy? Yes. > Or I've also heard that Voipjet is for inbound and Junction is for > inbound/DID. > Is this correct? I use both as outbound. Take a look at dslreports.com and the wik

Re: [Asterisk-biz] looking for trusted voip provider

2005-12-27 Thread Wilson Pickett
FWIW, I use both Junction and Voipjet and find them both to be excellent and good value. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listi

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Looking for a French provider

2005-12-22 Thread Wilson Pickett
> I am looking for a French provider with SIP/IAX termination and origination. > I also need French DIDs. > If you are a provider or have some information, please contact me. Bonjour, http://acropolistelecom.com http://plugandtel.com/ are a couple lower profile (and better cust service) names th

Re: [Asterisk-biz] SPA-941 questions

2005-11-18 Thread Wilson Pickett
> It does have direct volume control, we sell and support it and firmware > is readily available to all our customers. Glad to learn that, Corey! I forgot to look on your server. This phone works beautifully, I'm totally happy with it so far and will recommend it to customers - if I ever have any

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Blank emails from DIDx

2005-11-11 Thread Wilson Pickett
> I GOT 3 So did I and I closed my account days ago. Please whoever is in charge REMOVE closed accounts from your database. I'll deactivate the address now anyway. ___ Asterisk-Biz mailing list Asterisk-Biz@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailma

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Blank emails from DIDx

2005-11-11 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Am I the only one receiving blank emails from DIDx every hour? I was about to post the same question, so apparently the answer is no! Before we jump down anyone's throat, it could be a "Joe job". Either that or they are totally clueless with mass mail. __

Re: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Yes it has a headset jack as well, and can be upgraded to 4 line > appearances for an additional $30 I still can't find any doc or firmware info at all on this phone. What headsets will work with it? ___ Asterisk-Biz mailing list Asterisk-Biz@lists.dig

Re: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Heh, it's better than the Polycom. I'd have said "just as good" but I haven't put them side by side yet, only used them in two different locations. ___ Asterisk-Biz mailing list Asterisk-Biz@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/ast

Re: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Yep, I understand the cost increase but it would really be great if you could > move all your VoIP devices around the world (i.e. 110-220V) Must be a misunderstanding here somewhere: you CAN do just that, except you need two AC cords, or one cord and the various local adapters. I have had both s

Re: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Bit of a shame Linksys don't seem to be > letting us have it in the UK till January! Order it from voipsupply like I did ! I agree, the web interface is so intuitive you don't really need any doc. Also, the power supply happens to be 110-220VAC with a removable AC cord. I am in Europe and I ha

Re: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Wilson Pickett
> I haven't been able to find any docs on it yet, but does anyone know > where to configure the digit map. That's really all I'm missing, > anyway. Found it. Even admin login has "advanced" parameters. BTW, this phone has the best web interface I've ever seen and boots faster than any other phone

Re: [Asterisk-biz] New Linksys Products Shipping

2005-11-08 Thread Wilson Pickett
> The new Linksys SPA-941 is in stock and shipping now. > http://www.voipsupply.com/product_info.php?products_id=1057 Just got mine - very nice indeed. I haven't been ablme to find any docs on it yet, but does anyone know where to configure the digit map. That's really all I'm missing, anyway. __

Re: [Asterisk-biz] some things that really suck in customer support

2005-11-07 Thread Wilson Pickett
> In technology, Customers are hardly ever right, that was just a marketing > ploy to make people that didn't know what they were talking about feel warm > and fuzzy inside. Don't believe me?? Call your cell phone company. ;) Splorf! Good one! > Can we please let this rest? Amen _

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Voip Termination

2005-11-07 Thread Wilson Pickett
> PlainVoip.com Pay as you go. No monthly minimums or purchases. I was interested in evaluating the service. You have a few serious problems on your site. 1) After registering, I click on the link in the email and land on an expired domain, http://www.voip-stream.com/ Creation date: 08 Oct 200

Re: [Asterisk-biz] VoipJet.com Announces New Rates, Hawaii Direct at 1.3 cents and UK Mobile with Roaming

2005-10-17 Thread Wilson Pickett
> So far, except for one > small hiccup, calleveryone has been rock-solid I'm no way in no way affiliated with voipjet and I'm in Europe with an average of 100ms lag, but I have no problem talking to people and they hear me fine, too. The best IAX quality I've experienced every day is Voicepul

[Asterisk-biz] Looking for and offering DID, routes, etc

2005-10-17 Thread Wilson Pickett
Hi, There is a huge number of posts concerning routes and DIDs. That is of course one of the things this list is for. However I was wondering if with the amount of traffic devoted to this, it wouldn't be a good idea to have a separate list? I personally have zero interest in those messages, but it

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Europe Cellular phones charges

2005-07-15 Thread Wilson Pickett
> do you have to pay roaming charges when you travel to different countries > (within Europe), if yes, what are the typical rate? Yes, varies depending on program, mine would be nearly 1€ per minute in either direction. > What are the typical local air time charges per minute? Is there much > d

Re: [Asterisk-biz] i am looking for computing man for a special project

2005-07-06 Thread Wilson Pickett
> Is it possible to set the Reply-To header in list emails to be sender > rather than the list? I keep hitting reply and sending the response to > the whole world. I'm sure I'm not the only one... Alistair, You are right about the inconvenience, but I agree with Chris about not changing the list.

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Incoming DID in Paris, France wanted

2005-06-17 Thread Wilson Pickett
> I'm looking for one or two DID in France, using IAX (preferred) or > SIP. Please contact me off-list for pricing and availability. There is also a list on the wiki and this has been discussed here at least once in the last few months. ___ Asterisk-Biz

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

2005-05-22 Thread Wilson Pickett
Interesting thread! I wonder if anyone would be interested in doing an expert exchange system like http://guru.com for asterisk? It puts programmers and customers/employers together via "expert" listings. Customer/employer can post a project proposal with a maximum cost and "experts" can answer wit

Re: [Asterisk-biz] reliable French DID ( incoming call id )

2005-05-18 Thread Wilson Pickett
> where to get reliable French DID (+33) ? ( with incoming /outgoing call > ID ) The wiki has a page about providers by country, but here are a few in France that I've met at asterisk meetings: http://www.acropolistelecom.net http://www.bluesat.fr/ (email them) http://www.annatel.net/ (

Re: [Asterisk-biz] UK/EU Termination

2005-05-04 Thread Wilson Pickett
> iax.voipprovider.nl Apache is not set up on the server for this subdomain ___ Asterisk-Biz mailing list Asterisk-Biz@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz

Re: [Asterisk-biz] Text To Speech

2005-04-01 Thread Wilson Pickett
> >Scansoft, Real Speak Telecom product, has great voice quality but a > >its kind of expensive, arround US$5,000.00 For $30 per voice this is bearable, but not fantastic http://www.cepstral.com/ ___ Asterisk-Biz mailing list Asterisk-Biz@lists.digium.c