Re: [on-asterisk] Any feedback on Cogent Datacenters (151 + North York) and Cogent Internet Connections?

2015-05-26 Thread Bill Sandiford
Chuck, Most any of the companies that are in 151 Front are very good (Priority Colo, Accelerated Connections, Cologix, Neutral Data, etc). I have no experience with Cogent data centres but I can tell you that ‎their internet connections are pretty good (now). I added the now in brackets

Re: [on-asterisk] ILEC Local Calling Area Code Matrix

2015-02-17 Thread Bill Sandiford
on the TELUS network. Original Message From: Reza - Voipernetics Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 12:16 AM To: Bill Sandiford; Asterisk Users Group Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] ILEC Local Calling Area Code Matrix Thanks for the response Bill. I need the entire sheet / database. Basic google

Re: [on-asterisk] Toll-free number assignements

2013-02-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
Hi Bruce, We are a RESPOrg. There are no exchanges per se. We just request numbers from a central database when we get a request for them. As far as forwarding, we can forward to a PRI or POTS lines or SIP Trunk. Bill On 2013-02-14 5:04 PM, Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?

2013-01-29 Thread Bill Sandiford
Hi Jason, My experience has been the same although I would add the following 2 points. 1) We've never been able to get the wireless features of the routerboard products working well in a small business or residential environment. 2) stick with the 4.17 firmware. We've seen many issues with the

RE: [on-asterisk] Introducing iaxproxy - a simple IAX2-SIP Proxy

2012-11-23 Thread Bill Sandiford
HI Matt, That sounds very cool. Will certainly give it a try. Bill -Original Message- From: Matthew Gamble [mailto:mgam...@mgamble.ca] Sent: November 23, 2012 5:30 PM To: asterisk Mailing Subject: [on-asterisk] Introducing iaxproxy - a simple IAX2-SIP Proxy All, I'm very happy to be

RE: [on-asterisk] Next meeting location.

2011-09-15 Thread Bill Sandiford
Stephan, If by downtown Toronto you mean the Primus location at 10 Bay or somewhere else close to Union Station then that is my preference. Regards, Bill -Original Message- From: Stephan Monette [mailto:monette.step...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:20 AM To:

RE: [on-asterisk] Next meeting location.

2011-09-15 Thread Bill Sandiford
Let me rephrase that. My preference would be for Toronto East as I live in Whitby, however I think that somewhere close to Union is probably the most practical. Bill -Original Message- From: Bill Sandiford [mailto:b...@telnetcommunications.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11

RE: [on-asterisk] WIFI portable SIP phone

2011-09-02 Thread Bill Sandiford
I use Bria for iPhone on my iPhone and iPad and it works great. -Original Message- From: Andre Courchesne [mailto:courc...@net-forces.com] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 8:15 AM To: Reza - Voipernetics Cc: asterisk Mailing Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] WIFI portable SIP phone

[on-asterisk] Re: [biz] FreeSwitch Training Session - Are you interested?

2011-06-13 Thread Bill Sandiford
Bruce, Have you asked Darren what his max class size is? We attended one of his courses in San Francisco last year and the max was 10. That may have been a classroom size limitation however my opinion was that any larger than 10 would have made the teacher to student ratio undesirable. Most

Re: [on-asterisk] Bell Fibre ?

2011-04-15 Thread Bill Sandiford
In order to get FibeTV you MUST subscribe to Fibe Internet. They will not let you order FibeTV without Fibe Internet. You can order Fibe internet without FibeTV FibeTV viewing usage does NOT count against the Fibe Internet cap. There is a way to get more IP addresses, you could tunnel to a

RE: [on-asterisk] Bell Fibre ?

2011-04-15 Thread Bill Sandiford
: [on-asterisk] Bell Fibre ? Bill Sandiford wrote: There is a way to get more IP addresses, you could tunnel to a provider that would give you more and have all of your traffic delivered over the tunnel I do that to get my own IPv6 /56 subnet (2^72 addresses*). I get it from gogoNET http

RE: [on-asterisk] Upgrade test 001

2011-03-11 Thread Bill Sandiford
Recv'd -Original Message- From: Simon Ditner [mailto:spdit...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:38 AM To: Asterisk Users Group Subject: [on-asterisk] Upgrade test 001 test - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet.

2010-12-22 Thread Bill Sandiford
We have done it in selected areas. It's not cheap to deploy and/or operate. It is about $125k per Bell CO by the time you deploy an initial DSLAM with limited configuration (ie not fully loaded). We have 4 of them done Oshawa Toronto - Adelaide Toronto - Simcoe Toronto - Asquith We will be

RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet.

2010-12-22 Thread Bill Sandiford
To: Bill Sandiford Cc: TAUG Technical Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet. Bill, couple of follow up questions. Is it true that the co-location charges for locating the DSLAM at the CO are very high? When you say backhaul, are you talking about the connection from your

RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet.

2010-12-22 Thread Bill Sandiford
- From: John Lange [mailto:j...@johnlange.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1:23 PM To: Bill Sandiford Cc: TAUG Technical Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet. On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Bill Sandiford b...@telnetcommunications.com wrote:  The big cost

RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet.

2010-12-22 Thread Bill Sandiford
1:39 PM To: Bill Sandiford Cc: 'John Lange'; TAUG Technical Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet. Bill, What percentage of your total cost does the copper loop represent per subscriber? Thanks, Stephan Monette Unlimitel Inc. Tel.: 1-877-464-6638 Fax: (613) 482

RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1 Gigabit Internet.

2010-12-20 Thread Bill Sandiford
I think Reza was referring to the fact that the price per megabit of internet access in Canada is among the worst in the developed world. The reasons for this are mostly what James described earlier. The Berkman Center at Harvard has done extensive research on this.

RE: [on-asterisk] Bell Canada has paid a $1.3 million penalty for violating the National Do Not Call List Rules

2010-12-20 Thread Bill Sandiford
Yes, we got this from our legal counsel too. The reality is that $1.3 million may be a drop in the bucket compared to the revenue that they brought in from the activities for which they have been fined. Hard to say. Bill -Original Message- From: John Lange [mailto:j...@johnlange.ca]

RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore

2010-12-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
Reformat the stick as FAT and your problem should go away. Can be done from Windows...right click on the drive the in the My Computer...choose Format...and then select FAT as the file system type from the dropdown. Bill From: Henry Coleman [mailto:henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk 1.8 is out.

2010-10-22 Thread Bill Sandiford
It sure is great to finally see IPv6 support in Asterisk. With only 12 IPv4 /8s remaining in the IANA free pool and complete exhaustion of the free pool likely to occur later this year or early next at the latest, Asterisk users would certainly be behind the 8-ball without IPv6 support. Bill

RE: [on-asterisk] Can a 416 number be ported over as a DID onto a 905 PRI link from Bell Canada? Reps tell me NO and I don't understand why.

2010-10-08 Thread Bill Sandiford
As a CLEC, we offer forwarding back to the PSTN on a per concurrent channel basis for this type of stuff. Before doing so, we need to know the expected channel volume and type of business (ie, our rates are SIGNIFICANTLY higher for call centres). Bill -Original Message- From:

RE: [on-asterisk] VoIP Pay Phone?

2010-09-20 Thread Bill Sandiford
Googled voip payphone and got this back as number 1 result http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOIP+Payphones -Original Message- From: Henry Coleman [mailto:henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:24 PM To: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] VoIP Pay

RE: [on-asterisk] Crowd sourcing rules for blocking hacking attempts?

2010-09-01 Thread Bill Sandiford
Matthew: I think something like this is good, although be very very careful as doing so could get you sued. If you don't believe me, ask my friends Paul Vixie and Dave Rand. They are the inventors of one of the first (IF NOT THE FIRST) e-mail RBLs (MAPS) and doing so got them sued.

[on-asterisk] Fwd: CRTC Decision - My summary

2010-08-30 Thread Bill Sandiford
page dissent is attached and may provide us with adequate grounds for appeal should we decide to go that way. So, that’s it for me from Gatineau. I hope you have found this summary helpful. Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications w: 905-674-2000 x100 f: 905-728-7918 b

Re: [on-asterisk] Meeting ?

2010-08-18 Thread Bill Sandiford
WHEN: AUGUST 19TH, AT 7:00 PM. WHERE: NORTH YORK CIVIC CENTRE / COUNCIL CHAMBERS.* 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto, ONx-apple-data-detectors://2 M2N5V Bill Sent from iPad On 2010-08-18, at 10:06 AM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.camailto:henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: Can't remember if

RE: [on-asterisk] 3.5G Router to connect your USB 3.5G Modem, aka.Internet Stick.

2010-08-02 Thread Bill Sandiford
Also, there are external antennae available for almost all models of 3G sticks. There are omni-directional and directional antennae available depending on whether you want a solution for fixed location or mobility. Email me offline if you want some pricing on them, we are a dealer.

[on-asterisk] SIP for Blackberry

2010-04-26 Thread Bill Sandiford
I thought that the group may find this an interesting read. http://connectedplanetonline.com/mobile-apps/news/rim-wi-fi-sip-fmc-0426/ Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications w: 905-674-2000 x100 f: 905-728-7918 b...@telnetcommunications.commailto:b...@telnetcommunications.com IMPORTANT NOTICE

[on-asterisk] DPI Website

2010-04-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
Hi All: Excuse the cross-post please, but there is a new website out there that some on both lists might find very interesting. http://www.deeppacketinspection.ca/ Bill

RE: [on-asterisk] Re: TAUG T-Shirts Available

2010-04-06 Thread Bill Sandiford
Does it come with free batteries? :) -Original Message- From: Dave Donovan [mailto:donovan.da...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 12:13 PM To: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Re: TAUG T-Shirts Available On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Mike Ashton

RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk as a reduntant/fail over solution

2010-02-15 Thread Bill Sandiford
much better than expected. With that said I would like to hear/know about what people have done to make the asterisk server a high availability solution. Hi Robert, You might get some good ideas from a presentation that Bill Sandiford, one of our members, made to the group a couple

[on-asterisk] RE: Long distance fraud... $24,000+

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Sandiford
Chuck: Unfortunately your customer may be stuck. I can tell you that we had one case of this in the past here at Telnet where one of our customers was hit by fraud (they had an insecure box, wasn't our fault) and ended up with a $1,500 bill after about 24 hours...luckily we noticed it and let

RE: [on-asterisk] Router Recommendations

2010-01-20 Thread Bill Sandiford
I currently have a WRT54GL in my home running the MLPPP version of Tomato, and it is pretty solid but does lock up from time to time. The lockups aren't to troublesome in my home situation, but would be annoying in a business environment. We found the same thing in the field for most of the

RE: [on-asterisk] Router Recommendations

2010-01-20 Thread Bill Sandiford
:08 AM To: Bill Sandiford; wai...@gmail.com; asterisk Mailing Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Router Recommendations Sounds like a really solid/resonably priced option. Cisco 1721 has a one 10/100 Fast Ethernet Port. I am looking to use this as a load balancer for three ISPs if it's possible

RE: [on-asterisk] Scratch Card Printing

2010-01-01 Thread Bill Sandiford
http://www.directcheckmarketing.com/ http://www.tele-pak.com/ http://www.scratchoff.com/ http://www.chinasuppliers.globalsources.com/china-suppliers/Scratch-Card-Printing.htm -Original Message- From: Bruce N [mailto:het...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 3:39 PM To:

RE: [on-asterisk] Need help tracing a number

2009-11-25 Thread Bill Sandiford
Bruce: Are you trying to figure out the actual current provider of an actual number? For example, the number has been ported away from the original carrier so you can't rely on the info about the NPA-NXX block? If so, I can look this up for you if you send me the info off-list. Regards, Bill

RE: [on-asterisk] Router/vpn devices that are VoIP friendly

2009-09-03 Thread Bill Sandiford
Don't forget QoS !!! -Original Message- From: Aloysius Thevarajah Lloyd [mailto:lloyd.aloys...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:35 AM To: Dave Donovan Cc: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Router/vpn devices that are VoIP friendly Currently I am using PC

RE: [on-asterisk] Re: [biz] Greetings from Reza - a TAUG enthusiast from the past.

2009-07-21 Thread Bill Sandiford
Telnet Communications will donate the $100 if need be to get a room for a meeting, assuming that is the route you want to go. Bill -Original Message- From: spdit...@gmail.com [mailto:spdit...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Simon P. Ditner Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:34 AM To: Keith Major

[on-asterisk] Fire at 151 Front Street

2009-07-05 Thread Bill Sandiford
If anyone is affected by the fire at 151 Front and needs emergency gear, collocation, internet transit, etc. give me a shout. Telnet will give assistance free of charge to any TAUG member that needs help. My cell phone is 905-409-5228. Don't hesitate to call me if you need help. Bill

RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick

2009-06-16 Thread Bill Sandiford
Exactly what Johannes said, but based on the output of your /var/log/messages I think the second step will be mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb -Original Message- From: Johannes Vanderknyff [mailto:johannes.vanderkn...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: aster...@voip-pbx.ca Cc:

RE: [on-asterisk] service in sacromento

2009-04-29 Thread Bill Sandiford
Try Voice Network...Norm has USA DIDs. -Original Message- From: Dean Yorke [mailto:dean.yo...@xyc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:50 PM To: asterisk Mailing Subject: [on-asterisk] service in sacromento Hi All, Anyone know of a good service provider that can give me a number in

RE: [on-asterisk] Changing the outbound CID via the dial plan

2009-04-24 Thread Bill Sandiford
Replace ) with CALLERID(num) -Original Message- From: Apache [mailto:apa...@tsx3.computeradvocacy.com] On Behalf Of Henry L.Coleman Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:15 PM To: asterisk@uc.org Subject: [on-asterisk] Changing the outbound CID via the dial plan Hi all, I've been

[on-asterisk] FW: **Maintenance Notification Update**

2009-04-18 Thread Bill Sandiford
Tim This is probably why you had an outage today. Your provider should have notified you of this in advance. There were troubles during this maintenance today that caused generator power to be lost to some parts of the building. Luckily for us our equipment is not located in the sections that

RE: [on-asterisk] Various regulatory issues that could affect you

2009-04-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
list.    Add the following in Subject Line File Number # 8740-B2-200904989 - Bell    Canada - TN 7181 and make your thoughts known! I think that there are 30 days from March 27 to respond to the petition to cabinet. | Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:56:30 -0400 | From: Bill Sandiford b

RE: [on-asterisk] alarm systems

2009-03-05 Thread Bill Sandiford
I think you mean Local Link line which is a POTS service offered by Bell. It is an analog line, it is not digital. -Original Message- From: Dean Yorke [mailto:dean.yo...@xyc.ca] Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:47 PM To: Andre Courchesne Cc: asterisk Mailing Subject: Re: [on-asterisk]

RE: [on-asterisk] alarm systems

2009-03-05 Thread Bill Sandiford
To: Bill Sandiford Cc: 'Andre Courchesne'; 'asterisk Mailing' Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] alarm systems yes this is what i am talking about? is there any difference with a standard analogue line? also, anyone have any luck with a postal machine working over ata and voip lines? thanks

RE: [on-asterisk] Comwave Callback and Similar

2009-03-01 Thread Bill Sandiford
Bruce: I certainly can't speak to what Comwave is using specifically, but there are many platforms out there that can offer this type of service (including Asterisk). Bill -Original Message- From: Bruce N [mailto:het...@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:40 PM To: asterisk

RE: [on-asterisk] Conference bridge

2009-02-27 Thread Bill Sandiford
I have a spare dual-quad core blade that we aren't using (yet) in our datacenter. I could make it available for this test...but I will need it back in 3-4 weeks -Original Message- From: Simon P. Ditner [mailto:si...@uc.org] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:17 PM To: asterisk@uc.org

RE: [on-asterisk] Conference bridge

2009-02-27 Thread Bill Sandiford
Jim and all: We are in the process of deploying one of these in our datacenter. http://www.supermicro.com/products/SuperBlade/datacenterblade/ we are using this blade with dual quad core xeons, 12GB ram and a 640GB RAID5 array.

RE: [on-asterisk] CISCO Asterisk 729 Issue

2009-02-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
Syed: I have quite a bit of experience with Cisco AS5300. I'm should be in the office today until around 4pm although I am trying to leave early for thank you Hallmark for finding another reason to spend money on my wife day (aka Valentine's). Give me a call if you want to compare notes.

RE: [on-asterisk] clogging the tubes

2009-02-11 Thread Bill Sandiford
I've been too busy watching old episodes of Polka-Dot Door to respond. :) -Original Message- From: Simon P. Ditner [mailto:si...@uc.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:26 PM To: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] clogging the tubes No responses? I'm so disenchanted. On

RE: [on-asterisk] Confused about Sendmail and FreePBX

2009-02-09 Thread Bill Sandiford
Henry: Seeing as the 22,000 messages are waiting to be sent (assuming they haven't bounced yet) they will be in /var/spool/mqueue or /var/spool/client-mqueue If they have already bounced you will likely find them in /var/spool/mail like Mike suggested or perhaps in /var/mail The other option

[on-asterisk] RE: Nortel Files for Bankruptcy, Victim of Falling Sales

2009-01-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
It's about time -Original Message- From: Chuck Mariotti [mailto:cmario...@xunity.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:47 AM Cc: asterisk Mailing Subject: [on-asterisk] Nortel Files for Bankruptcy, Victim of Falling Sales I'm sure most of you knew this was coming. But it's

RE: [on-asterisk] Anyone has used PIKA

2009-01-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
You should talk to Stephan at Unlimitel. I believe he is the authorized distributor for these units in Canada. -Original Message- From: Yajie Si [mailto:siya...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:32 PM To: asterisk@uc.org Subject: [on-asterisk] Anyone has used PIKA Anyone

Re: [on-asterisk] 23 Analogue lines

2008-12-11 Thread Bill Sandiford
http://www.williamsglobal.com/ - Original Message - From: Alex Kink alexk...@gmail.com To: Philip Mullis philip.mul...@syx.ca; asterisk@uc.org Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] 23 Analogue lines Philip, who is this Williams you speak of? :)

Re: [on-asterisk] 23 Analogue lines

2008-12-11 Thread Bill Sandiford
If you've been to Vegas lately you'll see their slot machines and video poker all over the place too. :) http://www.wms.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Electronics - Original Message - From: Jim Van Meggelen j...@vanmeggelen.ca To: Alex Kink alexk...@gmail.com Cc: Philip

[on-asterisk] FBI Warning

2008-12-08 Thread Bill Sandiford
Anyone else see this? http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/fbi-issues-voip-security-warning-asterisk-which-version/2008-12-07?utm_medium=nlutm_source=internalcmp-id=EMC-NL-FVdest=FV Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended

Re: [on-asterisk] Hardware specs for 40 seats

2008-12-08 Thread Bill Sandiford
I can tell you that we have had good experiences with Linksys overall, but absolutely HORRIBLE experiences with the SRW248G4P. The switch has QoS capabilities and we found that if we tried to turn any of it on the switch became very unstable. We found the only way the switch was usable was at

Re: [on-asterisk] Hardware specs for 40 seats

2008-12-08 Thread Bill Sandiford
I know someone who is running 48 Linksys SPA942 phones off of that switch. - Original Message - From: Bruce Nik [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; asterisk Mailing asterisk@uc.org Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:07 PM Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Hardware specs for 40 seats

Re: [on-asterisk] Underground conduit design (for fiber optics) help

2008-11-23 Thread Bill Sandiford
Steven: We have some underground fiber projects going on right now. If you send me the sketches I would be happy to look at them for you. For your conduit, are you using 10ft sections that you are gluing together or are you using the HDPE style that comes in rolls? How many conduits are

Re: [on-asterisk] Linksys SPA 942

2008-10-31 Thread Bill Sandiford
Does it say Checking DNS. It probably can't get an answer from the DNS servers that it is configured to use Instead of host names try IP addresses in the phone. For example on the Line1 tab...for Telnet customers that normally have sip1.telnetcommunications.com I would tell them to use

Re: [on-asterisk] Linksys SPA 942

2008-10-31 Thread Bill Sandiford
Nah...its probably getting DHCP...when SPA-942s don't get DHCP the screen statys stuck on Initializing Network. - Original Message - From: Nabeel Jafferali [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 8:53 PM Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Linksys SPA 942 Do you

Re: [on-asterisk] speaker for oct 29th.

2008-10-07 Thread Bill Sandiford
Very interested in YATEVERY ! - Original Message - From: Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Simon P. Ditner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: asterisk@uc.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] speaker for oct 29th. Simon P. Ditner

Re: [on-asterisk] The Open Source HomeAutomation Project

2008-09-08 Thread Bill Sandiford
Are you looking for this one? - Original Message - From: Bruce Nik [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 11:11 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] The Open Source HomeAutomation Project Hello Everyone, Sorry, if I am a bit off topic but about a year ago

Re: [on-asterisk] dryloop dsl 911 service

2008-06-26 Thread Bill Sandiford
Umm I can tell you that all Bell Dryloops that we have ever sold have always had dialtone on them. The dialtone isn't usable for much other than dialling the ANAC number for identification, but dialtone is absolutely present (at least at the beginning). I'm not sure about 911. -

Re: [on-asterisk] Hoping for some discussion on Local Number Portability (and toll free too, for that matter)

2008-04-06 Thread Bill Sandiford
Comments inline below - Original Message - From: Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:50 AM Subject: [on-asterisk] Hoping for some discussion on Local Number Portability (and toll free too, for that matter) Folks, I'd be grateful if

Re: [on-asterisk] DTMF RFC283

2008-03-25 Thread Bill Sandiford
Is the carrier capable of doing a packet capture on their end to make sure they are getting the DTMF from you correctly?. It would be interesting to find out where the DTMF is breaking? Are you able to do one from your box (or a mirrored switchport if you don't like running packet traces on

[on-asterisk] Bell strike likely imminent

2008-03-17 Thread Bill Sandiford
/c4803.html The Union's memo to members: http://www.cep25.com/documents/Vote%20results.pdf The issues from a union perspective: http://www.cep25.com/documents/bell_summary_offer_080131.pdf So it looks like we are headed for some tough weeks ahead. Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000

Re: [on-asterisk] Bell blocking SIP traffic again?

2008-03-07 Thread Bill Sandiford
Is this Bell Sympatico DSL or the wirelees unplugged version? - Original Message - From: Dave Bour [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'TAUG Asterisk Mailing List' asterisk@uc.org Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 5:16 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Bell blocking SIP traffic again? I've one client that

[on-asterisk] Limits on scheduled outgoing calls

2008-02-05 Thread Bill Sandiford
Hi All: We are working on a project for a client that requires a large number of scheduled outgoing calls for message playback. There is about 1000 calls scheduled at a time. We want to limit the simultaneous number of outgoing calls to 10. The following URL recommends a method to limit

Re: [on-asterisk] Survey: what are people's experience with various routers?

2008-01-29 Thread Bill Sandiford
Hands down the best device that we have found so far for small offices (especially if the customer wants support) is the Juniper SSG5 http://www.juniper.net/products_and_services/firewall_slash_ipsec_vpn/ssg_5_slash_ssg_20/ There are many different models of the SSG5 including models that have

[on-asterisk] Re: [biz] Asterisk PA/Paging

2008-01-19 Thread Bill Sandiford
Keith: We have several deployments that make use of loud paging from Asterisk. We always use the Viking products driven by the FXO port of a Linksys 3102. It works great. In addition, the same device can be used to provide loud ringing over the PA speakers by using the FXS port from the

Re: [on-asterisk] Suck it up - No Caller ID - comments?

2007-12-30 Thread Bill Sandiford
Syd: CallerID Name is a funny animal. I'm not 100% sure that your provider's explanation makes a lot of sense to me because most of the signals sent are digital but allow me to give this little backgrounder on CallerID Name First of all it is important to note that we are very lucky in

[on-asterisk] Exit Codes

2007-12-24 Thread Bill Sandiford
, Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable

Re: [on-asterisk] Scary Call from Bell Muscle Men...

2007-12-07 Thread Bill Sandiford
Reza: I think when most people refer to de-regulation in the industry they are referring to the CRTC telling the incumbents what they can and cannot sell you and at what price. The only reason most ITSPs are in business (apart from intelligence and business savvy) is because the CRTC

Re: [on-asterisk] Scary Call from Bell Muscle Men...

2007-12-06 Thread Bill Sandiford
Oktime to get technical It's not exactly accurate to say they use Packet Cable. They use a variety of technologies from Cable Labs, the proprietors of the PacketCable project. Basically the Rogers Home Phone adapter is a normal DOCSIS cable modem with a NCS VoIP ATA built in. For

Re: [on-asterisk] Scary Call from Bell Muscle Men...

2007-12-06 Thread Bill Sandiford
Hi Terry: You have a bunch of good questions. I would say that any type of VoIP, either DSL or Cable (don't let Rogers make you believe that Home Phone isn't VoIP...it is), is far more secure than a traditional Bell land line. For telephone banking, it is much easier to intercept someones

Re: [on-asterisk] Scary Call from Bell Muscle Men...

2007-12-06 Thread Bill Sandiford
is the PacketCable extensions to MGCP) http://www.nuera.com/products/ORCA_BTX-4K.cfm - Original Message - From: Michael Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Sandiford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Scary Call

Re: [on-asterisk] asterisk web GUI's et-al

2007-11-15 Thread Bill Sandiford
, ON Lakefield, ON Omemee, ON Palgrave, ON Port Hope, ON Queensville, ON Schomberg, ON Stouffville, ON Sutton, ON Uxbridge, ON Regards, Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stephan Monette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: asterisk@uc.org Sent

Re: [on-asterisk] asterisk web GUI's et-al

2007-11-15 Thread Bill Sandiford
, ON But knowing how Bell works, it will likely be sometime in the first few weeks of March before we are ready there. Regards, Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Thursday

Re: [on-asterisk] asterisk web GUI's et-al

2007-11-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
Henry: Look into Elastix. www.elastix.org Regards, Bill - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:05 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] asterisk web GUI's et-al For those people who (like me) are getting fed up

Re: [on-asterisk] Speech Recogniton Reliability

2007-10-17 Thread Bill Sandiford
I assume you just got the targeted email (aka SPAM) from Digium as well. - Original Message - From: Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: TAUG asterisk@uc.org Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:52 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Speech Recogniton Reliability Has any one

Re: [on-asterisk] CNAM - Caller ID Name

2007-09-14 Thread Bill Sandiford
by Facility IE set facilityenable=yes in zapata.conf. If you have SIP trunking, you are at the mercy of your carriers switch capabilites and their PSTN connectivity arrangments. Hope this helps clear things up for you !!! Regards, Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [on-asterisk] Using Cable as a failover from DSL

2007-08-28 Thread Bill Sandiford
Henry: I 100% agree with the rational for what you are doing, however I wouldn't do this on the Asterisk box. I would look into a hardware appliance for this. Something like a HotBrick LB-2 would work great for this and they are fairly cheap as well.

Re: [on-asterisk] Using Cable as a failover from DSL

2007-08-28 Thread Bill Sandiford
to the other connection. Bill - Original Message - From: John Van Ostrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Sandiford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Using Cable as a failover from DSL Bill Sandiford wrote: Henry: I 100% agree with the rational

[on-asterisk] FALL VON 2007 - Time to hit road again

2007-08-07 Thread Bill Sandiford
of Buffalo that gets to Boston at 8:25am) and flying home early on the 1st. These cheap flights will fill up fast, so we will need to book soon !!! Any takers? Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use

Re: [on-asterisk] Symetrical DSL or Cable

2007-08-01 Thread Bill Sandiford
. www.iasl.com Bill Sandiford put me onto them at the last TAUG meeting. It might be worth a call. Disclosure: I don't work for these guys or benefit from their sales. I'm just a potential customer. Dave - To unsubscribe, e

Re: [on-asterisk] VOIP Bandwidth - Calculation

2007-07-23 Thread Bill Sandiford
As Phil described, its much more than 8 kbps, and the lower the frame rate, the more bandwidth it takes due to the packet overhead. While turning up our softswitch, we did a bunch of testing with different codecs at different sample/frame rates on ethernet. Here are my *real world* results:

Re: [on-asterisk] VOIP Bandwidth - Calculation

2007-07-23 Thread Bill Sandiford
After my last post, I did a bit of googling and found this calculator. It seems to be giving numbers that are very close to our real world tests. http://blog.asteriskguide.com/bandcalc/bandcalc.php Regards, Bill - Original Message - From: Bill Sandiford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Aloysius

Re: [on-asterisk] what's local calling area from 905 430 xxxx ?

2007-07-16 Thread Bill Sandiford
Hi Henry: You're the second guy that asked me today. You'll find all these at www.localcallingguide.com . Here they are: Outbound calling from Whitby, ON NPA;NXX;Rate Centre;Region;Plan Type;Call Type;Monthly Limit;Note;Effective 289;220;Whitby;ON; 289;893;Whitby;ON;

[on-asterisk] Polycom Echo Problems

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Sandiford
, Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law

Re: [on-asterisk] Polycom Echo Problems

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Sandiford
they are turned off in the stock sip.cfg - Original Message - From: Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Bill Sandiford' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; asterisk@uc.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Polycom Echo Problems Couple of things that need to be known: Who

Re: [on-asterisk] Polycom Echo Problems

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Sandiford
customer reports intermittent echo problems. Hope the above helps you out. John On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 12:51 -0400, Bill Sandiford wrote: Intermittently, both have the echo. They have other other sets in the office not experiencing the echo problem. Their PSTN connection has been properly tuned

Re: [on-asterisk] Polycom Echo Problems

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Sandiford
and hence I am still looking for some recommended settings from anyone that has used them. Regards, Bill - Original Message - From: John Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Sandiford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Polycom

Re: [on-asterisk] Rogers My5 and free incoming/outgoing

2007-07-10 Thread Bill Sandiford
With my experience they are only delivering it on outbound calls...not inbound, unless its from another Rogers cell phone. Case in point I just called my Rogers cell phone from my residence and I only get CallerID Number, no name. - Original Message - From: Kevin, Legends To:

Re: [on-asterisk] Rogers My5 and free incoming/outgoing

2007-07-10 Thread Bill Sandiford
handset does not support it nor do I pay for the additional service), but when calling from our PRI to a friend's Rogers Blackberry Curve, they do see the name sent from our PRI, even when I change it from call to call. Nabeel -Original Message- From: Bill Sandiford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [on-asterisk] surprising google purchase

2007-07-04 Thread Bill Sandiford
Cash burning holes in their pockets.MUST SPEND !!! - Original Message - From: Simon P. Ditner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 9:48 AM Subject: [on-asterisk] surprising google purchase http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/all-aboard.html I

Re: [on-asterisk] Calls not connecting on PRI span

2007-07-04 Thread Bill Sandiford
Correct you are looking for a DS1-X cable. If I recall, T1 cables are RJ48c spec, so in a crossover scenario pin1 goes to pin4 and pin 2 goes to pin5 and vice versa. If you had the wrong cable, the carrier wouldn't even come up, let alone the B or D channels. - Original Message -

Re: [on-asterisk] 1004Hz and silent termination

2007-06-26 Thread Bill Sandiford
Jim: After the last email that I sent you off-list, I found these numbers in my notes...they are from about a year and a half ago so I don't know if they all work still, but you can give them a shot. Milliwatt Test Numbers Seattle- 206-345-0020 Toll Free - 877-250-0600 Sprint 905 -

NXTcomm next week in Chicago

2007-06-12 Thread Bill Sandiford
want to shell out $150 USD to get in the door (even though it is worth it) Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information

Disable DND on Polycom

2007-06-06 Thread Bill Sandiford
Does anyone know how to disable the Do Not Disturb button/function on a Polycom SIP phone. We have far too many staff members that are putting their phone on DND and forgetting to take it off. I want to remove the ability for them to put it on DND

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