> > James Sharp a écrit : > > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Mark wrote: > > > >> monitors (leaving to the satellite and the return from the satellite) > >> That delay would apply that to voice packets both coming and going, > >> and I really dont know how anyone could carry on a normal phone > >> conversation under those circumstances.. > > > > > > I guess I should have qualified my entire question. It was late and I > > was half-asleep. > > > > I work for a satellite company and we already have uplink facilities > > and space segments on several satellites (Including Intelsat 701, that > > can see out into Africa and parts of the Middle East from our uplink > > on the US East Coast). I'm trying to get a feel for the market to see > > if its worth our time pursuing clients and customers in those areas > > for voip termination. > > I think, definitely. For VoIP, the perfect provider would be: > > * Somebody who can give a block of static IP addresses (since NAT + VoIP > = pain). > * Somebody who can give a symetrical, high speed burstable bandwith for > VoIP. > * "Pay as you grow" invoicing, where the invoice depends on the amount > of data which has been exchanged. > > In other words, it would be nice to have a provider which offers generic > access with network contention but also has the option of giving high > priority to certain type of traffic and bill for it accordingly. > > Cheers, > Jean-Michel.
A full E1 in Senegal costs about $3,000 U$D a month. I did not get an official quote for VSAT but was told the prices were comparable. Sonatel is the monopoly there for PSTN and I think if you want to do VoIP, you will need to really grease someone's palm. Thanks, Steve _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
