Re: [VoiceOps] VoIP Providers and direct NANP access

2017-03-09 Thread Erik Flournoy
at this point. I > definitely cannot find OCNs assigned to Flowroute in Idaho, or even in > their home state of Washington. > > > -- Nathan > ------ > *From:* VoiceOps on behalf of Erik > Flournoy > *Sent:* Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:37 PM > *To:*

Re: [VoiceOps] VoIP Providers and direct NANP access

2017-03-09 Thread Erik Flournoy
I ported a number to FlowRoute directly. Can't get any realer then that. Erik On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Carlos Alvarez wrote: > It's as real as fax is dead. > > > On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Alex Balashov > wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 01:27:16PM -0800, Calvin Ellison

Re: [VoiceOps] Wholesale Voice Carriers with Instant Porting

2016-06-16 Thread Erik Flournoy
Colton are you an ITSP? Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Peter Beckman wrote: > I'll expand. > > 1. Bandwidth can port most all numbers, but not all numbers are Tier 1 or > 5, which support SMS. Rural Maine is tough, and there was a small place in > North Carolina we couldn't. Other than that, th

Re: [VoiceOps] Centrex Nodes

2016-05-11 Thread Erik Flournoy
Google suggests the above product is actually called the > Portico: http://www.citel.com/products/portico-tva/) > > > > -- Nathan > > > > *From:* VoiceOps [mailto:voiceops-boun...@voiceops.org] *On Behalf Of *Erik > Flournoy > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:10 PM > *

[VoiceOps] Centrex Nodes

2016-05-10 Thread Erik Flournoy
Hey, Does anyone know of any remote nodes or mini PBX that can run Centrex phones but essential connect to a PRI? Thanks, Erik F CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments from EESPRO.com - contain information which is CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. The inform

Re: [VoiceOps] SMS-800

2016-05-09 Thread Erik Flournoy
I've only used the SMS/800 portal several years ago to manage 8XX. Heck I didn't even know there was an alternative. Erik Flournoy 808-457-7000 301-218-7325 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments from EESPRO.com - contain information which is CONFIDENT

[VoiceOps] Best Onsite Appliance PBX, Best Cloud PBX

2016-05-09 Thread Erik Flournoy
Ok Ok I know this will ruffle some feathers on the board, but what's you ladies and gents best onsite and cloud pbx system. Let me define cloud as a UC or Software based switch running a non specific provider based appliance. (meaning their sticker isn't on the outside of the box) Best Freeware: A

Re: [VoiceOps] CLEC - SIP handoff from the LECs

2016-05-01 Thread Erik Flournoy
Soon you will be able to connect with SIP just not now. Its not the technology as we know but more the legal side trying to sort through making money etc. On May 1, 2016 12:06 PM, "Mary Lou Carey" wrote: > I believe those are finished services so you wouldnt be able to route your > own NXXs over

Re: [VoiceOps] CLEC - SIP handoff from the LECs

2016-04-28 Thread Erik Flournoy
It is possible and they are able to do so. It's the legal and billing side of the house that has them held up. But by end of year iVoIP will be the way we all connect. Erik F On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Kidd Filby wrote: > Not that I have seen yet. I hear rumblings that a couple are loo

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Erik Flournoy
Hey since we're on this topic what's the average cost for SigTran and who would you guys recommend? Who actually has SS7 and would be interested in interconnecting. On Apr 23, 2016 7:21 AM, "Kidd Filby" wrote: > ABSOLUTELY > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Hiers, David wrote: > >> People

Re: [VoiceOps] Who is doing MMS?

2016-03-30 Thread Erik Flournoy
Jay, At this time you still need to buy or interconnect with someone that has a Gateway Service to the interconnected SMS/MMS players. I've played with that URI but it's not activated or used by most switches today in NPAC lookups. May be changing in the near future though. Near for Telecom is def

Re: [VoiceOps] XMPP to SIP Gateway

2016-03-22 Thread Erik Flournoy
Blackberry by far is still the ultimate business phone "Up to 15.2 days UMTS standby time" Erik Flournoy 808-426-4527 301-218-7325 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments from EESPRO.com - contain information which is CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR LEGALLY PRIVI

Re: [VoiceOps] XMPP to SIP Gateway

2016-03-22 Thread Erik Flournoy
"Sent from my BlackBerry." Those are still out there Erik Flournoy 808-426-4527 301-218-7325 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments from EESPRO.com - contain information which is CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. The information is intended only f

Re: [VoiceOps] Instant Porting

2016-02-15 Thread Erik Flournoy
quest. I've ported for multiple carriers in different Regions. Wireless is the easiest once you have the databases established. Erik Flournoy 808-426-4527 301-218-7325 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments from EESPRO.com - contain information which is CONFID

Re: [VoiceOps] Leveraging a CLEC operating license to secure phone numbers

2015-12-15 Thread Erik Flournoy
When you're ready to start porting, ordering blocks, and setting up LRNs I can assist you. There are a number if technical and legal things you have to get in place. Its not difficult but it is surely costly and you want to ensure not to miss a step. Good luck On Dec 15, 2015 1:25 PM, "Robert John

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-08 Thread Erik Flournoy
Can I get a count of how many folks have SPID? There is a process that some major carriers that were once small used to do exactly what we are describing. The routing issues happen all the time even if it's not a reseller amongst CLECs, ILEC everyday even when NPAC says the number goes to xyz the I

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-07 Thread Erik Flournoy
being sent? How do you know the >> original caller is even a legitimate telco and not some telemarketer going >> on a rampage connecting directly with everything? If you are getting >> problematic (abusive, illegal) inbound calls, how do you look up that IP to >> know who t

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
Using BGP VERY Broadly here just as a peering example is all not how it actually routes. On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: > Even BGP is not a decentralised, democratic, peer-to-peer utopia. Routes > are distributed down in a rather hierarchical fashion; effectively, an > o

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
Paul I think direct switch to switch would work great especially with IPv6. There would have to be a list kinda like the SS7 list that is maintained and updated but with the correct certificate exchanges it could work. You would essentially have to keep your upstream provider happy. Unless of cour

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
it's voice and use TDM only for faxing which I wish would disappear for goodness sakes. On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: > On 12/05/2015 05:05 PM, Erik Flournoy wrote: > > If a packet transverses your entire network as a packet then it's never >> a t

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
hange their name so maybe they aren't so neutral like a data center BGP meeting place. On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: > On 12/05/2015 05:01 PM, Erik Flournoy wrote: > > Your description of Inteliquent makes a lot of since. It's essential >> how

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
TDM only stands for faxing and paying FCC fees. If a packet transverses your entire network as a packet then it's never a toll charge. It's a packet. This is why they are pressing hard to tax the internet more because the voice money games are slowing decreasing. It's a data war now. On Sat, Dec 5

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
Paul, Your description of Inteliquent makes a lot of since. It's essential how the internet was born via free interconnections at hub locations. Of course you paid to get to the location but once you built your fiber or back then copper path you just plugged in. On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM,

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
but I see this only as more consolidation > around the dinosaurs that created this convoluted market to begin with. > > -Paul > > On Dec 5, 2015, at 14:17, Erik Flournoy wrote: > > Aloha Group, > > I'm curious to know others thoughts on where they believe the tradi

Re: [VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
What's Inteliquent's Position? PSTN 2.0 is a great way to describe the upgraded regulation of a system that's not invented to be free to the masses but more so profited by one large mass. I just can't wrap my head around how the government supposedly broke up the bells years ago but for the past ce

[VoiceOps] Future of the Traditional PSTN vs VOIP and VoLTE

2015-12-05 Thread Erik Flournoy
Aloha Group, I'm curious to know others thoughts on where they believe the traditional PSTN is going vs VOIP and VoLTE. Now that Iconnectiv will be administering the LNP in the US I feel as though it's the best time to try and propose new or more up to date solutions that allow smaller carriers to

Re: [VoiceOps] HPBX over ADSL

2015-12-02 Thread Erik Flournoy
I've had great success. Its all about the router and upload speeds. Faxing well that issue is still a problem with some carriers on fiber. Clocking and syncing always seem to be a problem. On Dec 2, 2015 12:26 PM, "Anthony Orlando via VoiceOps" < voiceops@voiceops.org> wrote: > Is anyone having su

Re: [VoiceOps] Preventing calls to cell phones with guaranteed accuracy

2015-08-18 Thread Erik Flournoy
issue. Erik Flournoy 808-426-4527 301-218-7325 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments from EESPRO.com - contain information which is CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. The information is intended only for the use of the individual named above and may not be

Re: [VoiceOps] E-911

2014-12-11 Thread Erik Flournoy
Has anyone used Conexiant? Erik Flournoy 808-457-7000 301-218-7325 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments from EESPRO.com - contain information which is CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. The information is intended only for the use of the individual named

[VoiceOps] E-911

2014-12-11 Thread Erik Flournoy
Aloha, What's everyone using for e911 ANI and transport? ___ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps@voiceops.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops

Re: [VoiceOps] Any SIP based 411 provider ?

2014-09-04 Thread Erik Flournoy
1-800-FREE-411 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-800-FREE-411 On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 3:26 AM, Feby Francis wrote: > Hello Group, > > Does anyone use any SIP based 411 provider ? We currently use TDM based > and was thinking if we can move to SIP based 411 provider as the transport > cost doesn't