[VoiceOps] Recommendations for a 5G gateway

2023-01-17 Thread Oren Yehezkely via VoiceOps
Hi, I am looking for recommendations for a 5G gateway to be equivalent to the T-Mobile 5G gateway. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks, Oren ___ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps@voiceops.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops

[VoiceOps] Recommendation for a merchant account for Telecom

2022-10-28 Thread Oren Yehezkely via VoiceOps
Hello, Can you recommend a merchant bank or broker who will work with the telecom industry? I am sure that the problem is not for the giants of the industry but small telecom companies now have the negative label "VoIP". It does not really matter what you do exactly and how you provide services no

Re: [VoiceOps] Google Voice Contact?

2022-03-21 Thread Oren Yehezkely
I will be curious if you can really find one. But as an FYI GV numbers are Bandwidth numbers. Maybe they can help? Best of luck. Oren On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 5:15 PM Peter Beckman wrote: > I'm tracking a GV number that was used a while back for fraudulent purposes > with our service. > > The n

Re: [VoiceOps] Help Requested: E.123 Intl Formatting in Google libphonenumber

2022-03-02 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Peter, I thought during all those years that the standard is called E.164. I also thought that a phone number has no spaces or dashes. These are only added to help humans read the phone numbers. We also used the libphonenumber and I think it is great to help us standardize. It works for all count

Re: [VoiceOps] VoIP is a restricted business?

2022-01-05 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Fargo > and Chase, I can tell you from experience, is happy to have our business. > > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 6:12 AM Oren Yehezkely wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Happy New Year everyone. >> >> I recently became aware of the fact that banks (and financial >>

[VoiceOps] VoIP is a restricted business?

2022-01-05 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Hello, Happy New Year everyone. I recently became aware of the fact that banks (and financial institutions) define any business that merely mentions the word VoIP as restricted. Meaning they would not allow such a business to work with them. As if VoIP is some kind of an illegal substance. I am c

Re: [VoiceOps] VoIP SMS Campaign Fees

2021-11-16 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Nate, See a thread I started a few months ago about this matter. I got a lot of negative responses for being an alarmist. Basically these requirements are set by the different mobile carriers and they are not the same. Yes, they all consider customers to be businesses (A2P). No customer is a con

Re: [VoiceOps] Verizon says they have "no relationship" to port from thinQ/Commio

2021-11-10 Thread Oren Yehezkely
IMHO there is no need to call anybody. The guy in VZW just does not know the work. If I undertook you correctly. On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM Carlos Alvarez wrote: > Commio/thinQ is a fancy API over Intelliquent et al, but seems to maybe > have their own SPID? I've never worked in "real" tel

Re: [VoiceOps] Verizon says they have "no relationship" to port from thinQ/Commio

2021-11-10 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Carlos, >From my experience, this is the employee with VZW not knowing how to port a landline (I am assuming you are VoIP obviously). What we do is ask our customers to find a rep that knows how to do it or know what they are doing, or simply ask for a supervisor. And we emphasize that they should

Re: [VoiceOps] Bandwidth vs Inteliquent

2021-07-07 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Bandwidth by far is a much better company and service provider IMHO. Much better API, much better portal, much better service, much better management and culture. I know that Inteliquent may have better coverage and we do have a partner that says a lot of good things about them. However, from my po

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Twilio customers may be a bit different than customers of people on this list. But actually, this proves the point that you will need to register your individual customers and DIDs. On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:50 PM Alex Balashov wrote: > On 3/4/21 12:44 PM, Brandon Svec via VoiceOps wrote: > > >

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
; On 3/4/21 12:52 PM, Oren Yehezkely wrote: > > Overall it is a move by a giant to hurt small carriers and customers of > > other companies by reducing functionality and raising their cost of > > doing business. > > That's your take... > > Or it's like Carlos a

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
nders, so even an > automated "your appointment reminder" for a small business seems > unaffected. I see zero evidence to support the idea that all > numbers/messaging will become "a campaign." > > A2P is specifically not user to user. > > > On Thu, Mar 4,

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
/1260800720410-What-is-A2P-10DLC- > > They make pretty clear this will not impact small businesses, but is > intended to recover costs of preventing spam by charging high volume > business senders and ISV's > *Brandon * > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:41 AM Oren Yehezkely

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
or business senders, also known > as A2P programs, while imposing new registration requirements and paying > additional fees. The throughput limits will vary, but wanted messages in > registered campaigns should receive better throughput than the traditional > 1 message per second (MPS). >

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
You may be right that my writing skills are not as good. But I am looking for people with more in-depth knowledge from the industry. The fact remains that AT&T will block messages from your customers if you do not register with them. This is not an exaggerated claim. Also, not everything alarming i

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
ser to user. Right? Anything that reduces business abuse of SMS is > good in my opinion. > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:24 AM Oren Yehezkely wrote: > >> Yes, it is what they call 10DLC. Here is what Bandwidth has put together >> for some more details. >> >> https

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
ws article or something? >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 11:42 AM Alex Balashov > > <mailto:abalas...@evaristesys.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Sounds pretty dark and dystopian. >> > >> > On 3/4/21 11:29 AM, Oren Yehez

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
m.ca> > > *Ivan Kovacevic* > > *www.startelecom.ca <http://www.startelecom.ca>* > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:30 AM Oren Yehezkely wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Does anyone have some deep knowledge about AT&T and Verizon's move to >> cr

[VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

2021-03-04 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Hello, Does anyone have some deep knowledge about AT&T and Verizon's move to create their own walled gardens and prevent messages from the outside world from coming in, unless they approve each and every phone number (and you obviously pay for that approval)? Next thing they will block emails from

[VoiceOps] Optimum online losing DIDs

2020-09-22 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Hi, Does anyone know about a major issue with Optimum losing their customers' DIDs? I heard from 2 people living in two different cities (and states) with Optimum Online service that their own DID is not working while it looks like Optimum has assigned to them DIDs belonging to someone else. Than

Re: [VoiceOps] Inteliquent contact

2020-05-18 Thread Oren Yehezkely
I'll send you their porting department email address. Best Regards, Oren On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 8:02 PM Nathan Anderson wrote: > Is there anybody from Inteliquent subscribed to this list who wouldn't > mind reaching out to me off-list? Specifically looking for someone > knowledgeable about po

Re: [VoiceOps] Toll Free Caller ID

2020-05-14 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Calvin, I wonder if you got any insight to this question? Regards, Oren On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 5:01 PM Calvin Ellison wrote: > It looks like Somos is pushing TFN CNAM, press release below from Mar 30, > 2020. I've always understood TF ANI to be invalid. > > What's the news on using TFN as a c

Re: [VoiceOps] Growing difficulties porting DIDs out of major VoIP carriers

2019-03-06 Thread Oren Yehezkely
system > mangles something, or there has been some M&A activity and the merged > databases have bad info. > > In the end the new recorded address is not predictable by the customer and > is easily and frequently rejected. > > I am moving through a project right now to

[VoiceOps] Growing difficulties porting DIDs out of major VoIP carriers

2019-03-05 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Hello, I am hoping that someone may be able to shed some light as to the difficulties mobile carriers have to port DIDs away from major VoIP carriers such as Bandwidth and Onvoy. The problem does not seem to be on the VoIP providers. In most of the cases, they do not even receive an LSR. The mobi

Re: [VoiceOps] SMS Platform

2017-09-20 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Jason, We are working on something like that. If we can get your specs we will adjust it to fit your needs. Feel free to contact me directly to discuss it. Regards, Oren On Sep 20, 2017 6:29 PM, "Glenn Geller (VDOPh)" wrote: Hi Jason, Vitelity (Onvoy owned, as well as Intelliquent) already

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-27 Thread Oren Yehezkely
We have been dealing a lot with fax. There is no SIP or open source product for fax, IMHO. Oren On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Carlos Alvarez wrote: > The info I found on your site says FaxEnable goes with a $25 unlimited > service, not the metered services. Is that correct? > > We *probabl

Re: [VoiceOps] Feedback request - Inteliquent

2017-04-19 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Brad, We are also considering them. Would love to hear the feedback. Thanks, Oren On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Brad Anouar wrote: > Hi All, > > Do any of the group members use (used) Inteliquent for > termination/origination? If so, your feedback would be appreciated. Feel > free to contac

Re: [VoiceOps] AT&T / Onvoy / Vonage call routing screwup after LNP

2016-12-05 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Had similar experiences, but with different vendor. I would try to open a ticket with ATT to fix their routing. I know, it won't be easy. I would also try to speak with Vonage. I wouldn't have the customer disconnect before calls are flowing correctly. If this doesn't work, and you wait another day

[VoiceOps] Vitleity alternatives

2016-09-08 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Hello, We have been using Vitelity in the last two years, a few months after they were acquired by Onvoy. In the last months we see a deterioration in the quality of their service. Port requests we submit take weeks to complete, when we ask for an update they try to sell us the expedited service

Re: [VoiceOps] SIP door intercom-phones

2016-07-11 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Carlos, I have been using 2N for several years now. It is not cheap at all, but once you get it installed it works just great. It is a full IP phone, not just a speaker or an intercom. Mine also has video which you can watch on a video phone, such as GrandStream. I am not sure if it has WiFi, but

Re: [VoiceOps] Audiocodes MP202B fax-to-https ATA

2015-03-17 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Rob, This is quite interesting. Did you use a special kind of ATA? What did you use between the ATA and server A? Was it G711? If so how could it work on a 3G connection? On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Rob Dawson wrote: > I looked at this a while back but I was unable to implement due to > bu

Re: [VoiceOps] Audiocodes MP202B fax-to-https ATA

2015-03-16 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Jay, The sending fax machine does not receive an accurate response. The machine sees all faxes as successful because it is not really sending the fax. I recommend disabling the result report on the fax machine to save on wasted paper and confusion. The actual result will come via email. On Mon,

Re: [VoiceOps] Pacwest down for anyone else?

2014-06-07 Thread Oren Yehezkely
VoIP Innovations says it is a power outage in PAC West LA POP. Generators did not come online for some reason. They were hoping for a resolution by this time, but it is yet to happen... On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Tim Donahue wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anyone been able to get any details abou

Re: [VoiceOps] Canadian Toll Free

2014-05-06 Thread Oren Yehezkely
Sorry, I am not sure I understand the problem. Are you trying to call from a Canadian number to a (US) TFN? As far as I know the owner of the TFN should allow traffic from Canadian numbers. If he blocks calls from Canada (because it is more expensive...) then the calls will not go through. Did y